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Pony survives cannon bone fracture - new therapy saves his life

2021-12-27T21:39:20.600Z


Pony survives cannon bone fracture - new therapy saves his life Created: 12/27/2021, 4:29 PM From: Sina Lück When a Shetland pony is hit by a truck, his life hangs by a thread. The last hope: a new form of therapy. Vila Real (Portugal) - It's a huge shock for the owner: In a traffic accident in Portugal, his seven-year-old circus pony is hit by a truck. He immediately takes the gelding to the


Pony survives cannon bone fracture - new therapy saves his life

Created: 12/27/2021, 4:29 PM

From: Sina Lück

When a Shetland pony is hit by a truck, his life hangs by a thread.

The last hope: a new form of therapy.

Vila Real (Portugal) - It's a huge shock for the owner: In a traffic accident in Portugal, his seven-year-old circus pony is hit by a truck.

He immediately takes the gelding to the veterinary training clinic of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD).

The small wound on the right hind leg initially looks harmless to the vets.

But as Landtiere.de reports, the X-ray image reveals the full extent of the impact.

The diagnosis: a complete cannon bone fracture.

Pony survives cannon bone fracture - new therapy saves his life

A few years ago that would have meant the certain death of the pony.

A lot has happened in equine surgery in the meantime.

Together with the owner, veterinarian Isabel Dias and her team decide on a completely new treatment method.

Instead of using two plates, they stabilize the fracture with just a single, 4.5 millimeter wide dynamic compression plate (DCP for short).

They fix it to the side of the bone with seven screws.

After the operation, the vets also put on a cast that is supposed to hold the bone in place.

Then the pony has to rest in a box for four weeks.

Antibiotics and pain relievers complement the therapy.

After an accident, the rear leg of the Shetland pony is provided with a plate and plastered.

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Pony survives cannon bone fracture - bone is fully resilient again

When it comes to the final x-ray check, the vets have good news for the horse owner: after three months, his pony can finally go home.

And best of all: No damage remains from the cannon bone fracture, the bone is fully resilient again.

"As far as we know, this is the first case report in which the stabilization of a complete Mt3 diaphyseal fracture was achieved with a single compression plate," reports Isabel Dias in the "Open Veterinary Journal" magazine.

From their point of view, the new therapy is particularly suitable for “small horses with a low weight, in order to reduce costs and the risk of infection”.

For the circus pony it is now again: Curtain up and open the ring!

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Source: merkur

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