Effect of Presurgical Iodine-Based Disinfection on Bacterial Colonization of the Equine Peripodal Region.

Objective: To compare bacterial colonization after diluted iodine tincture or povidone iodine solution for presurgical disinfection of the equine peripodal region.

Study Design: Complete block design.

Animals: Five horses.

Palatal sclerotherapy for the treatment of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate in 51 standardbred racehorses.

This retrospective study evaluated the efficacy and side effects of palatal sclerotherapy in standardbred racehorses suspected to have intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate (IDDSP). Fifty-one horses were treated with multiple endoscopically guided injections of 3% sodium tetradecyl sulfate in the soft palate. Two groups were identified: those that had respiratory noises during exercise (n = 27) and those that did not (n = 24).

Treatment of epiglottic entrapment by transnasal axial division in standing sedated horses using a shielded hook bistoury.

Objectives: To report use of a shielded hook bistoury developed for correction of epiglottic fold entrapment in standing sedated horses.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: Standardbreds (n=8), 3-19 years of age.

Thoracoscopic lung biopsies in heaves-affected horses using a bipolar tissue sealing system.

Objective: To validate the use of the LigaSure™ Vessel Sealing System (LVSS) to perform thoracoscopic lung tissue biopsies in heaves-affected horses.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: Heaves-affected horses (n=12).

Histological and biomechanical effects of palatal sclerotherapy in the horse using sodium tetradecyl sulfate.

Palatal sclerotherapy using sodium tetradecyl sulfate has been suggested as a treatment for dorsal displacement of the soft palate in young Standardbred horses. The present study evaluated histological and biomechanical changes in the equine soft palate following trans-endoscopic treatment with a low dose of this compound. Two horses were euthanased and examined at 2 weeks and at 1, 2, 4 and 6 months post-sclerotherapy, while two further horses served as untreated controls.

Palatal sclerotherapy: a potentially useful treatment of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate in juvenile standardbred racehorses.

This study was aimed at evaluating the tolerability and the efficacy of palatal sclerotherapy in juvenile standardbred racehorses with easily audible "snoring-like" respiratory noises suspected to be the result of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate. The palate of 8 horses was injected with sodium tetradecyl sulfate under videoendoscopic guidance. Palatal sclerotherapy resulted in resolution of the respiratory noise in 7 horses, improvement of performance in 6 horses, and mild side effects in only 3 horses.

Evaluation of a thoracoscopic technique using ligating loops to obtain large lung biopsies in standing healthy and heaves-affected horses.

Objective: To evaluate use of pre-tied ligating loop to perform thoracoscopic, large lung biopsy in normal and heaves-affected horses.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: Normal (n=5) and heaves-affected (n=6) horses.

Laparoscopic intestinal exploration and full-thickness intestinal biopsy in standing horses: a pilot study.

Objective: To assess a laparoscopic technique for equine intestinal biopsy.

Study Design: Experimental study.

Animals: Seven adult horses.

Arthroscopic removal of axial osteochondral fragments of the proximoplantar aspect of the proximal phalanx using electrocautery probes in 23 standardbred racehorses.

Objectives: To describe the outcome after arthroscopic electrosurgical excision of axial osteochondral (OC) fragments of the proximal plantar aspect of the 1st phalanx (P1) in horses.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Population: Twenty-three Standardbred racehorses.