Tratamiento quirúrgico de Laminitis crónica: reporte de un caso

laminitis is the name used to describe a systemic pathology that compromises the general condition of horses and affect their hooves. it is an inflammation of the hooves' laminae that causes degeneration, separation and necrosis of the corium. this report describes the case of a creole colombian "pasofino" mare, diagnosed with laminitis, that was presented at the diegovillegastorohospital. the patient was depressed, with a low body condition and unable to move normally. the pain degree, according to the obel scale, was five. radiographs of both hooves were taken in the forelimbs, by the use of a medial lateral projection. a severe displacement of the third phalanx was evident -as a matter of fact it was practically parallel to the foot shaft. a deep digital flexor tenectomy was suggested for the forelimbs in the medial third of the metacarpal bone, under general anesthesia. right after the surgery, the patient assumed a better position when was standing and after four months the pain rate in the obel scale went down to 1.