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Surgery of the Distal Limb.
Journal article

Surgery of the Distal Limb.

  • Nuss K Farm Animal Department, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: karl.nuss@uzh.ch.
  • 2016-10-11
Published in:
  • The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice. - 2016
Amputation
Digits
Fractures
Infection
Injury
Lameness
Luxations
Resection
Amputation
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Female
Foot Ulcer
Fractures, Bone
Hindlimb
Lameness, Animal
English Diseases of the bovine digit remain the major cause of painful lameness in cattle and commonly constitute a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for clinicians. Prompt surgical wound revision is critical in acute injuries. Deep infections may be treated with debridement, resection of tendons, synovioscopy, joint lavage, arthrotomy and facilitated joint ankylosis. Postoperative care is more involved, lameness persists longer, and cost of treatment is higher after salvage techniques than after amputation of the digit. Luxations and fractures of the digits often are amenable to conservative treatment but may be treated surgically if indicated.
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  • English
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