Ch58. Angular Limb Deformities

Ch58. Angular Limb Deformities

  1. Auer JA, Martens RJ, Williams EH: Periosteal transection for correction of angular limb deformities in foals, J Am Vet Med Assoc 181:459, 1982. PUBMED Abstract
  2. Fretz PB, Donecker JM: Surgical correction of angular limb deformities in foals: a retrospective study, J Am Vet Med Assoc 183:529, 1983. PUBMED Abstract
  3. Bertone AL, Turner AS, Park RD: Periosteal transection and stripping for treatment of angular limb deformities in foals: clinical observations, J Am Vet Med Assoc 187:145, 1985. PUBMED Abstract
  4. Auer JA: Angular limb deformities. In Auer JA, Stick JA, eds: Equine surgery, ed 3, St Louis 2006, Elsevier.
  5. Hunt RJ: Angular limb deviations. In White NA, Moore JN, eds: Current techniques in equine surgery and lameness, ed 2, Philadelphia, 1998, Saunders.
  6. Adams SB, Fessler JF: Surgical treatment of angular limb deformities. In Adams SB, Fessler JF, eds: Atlas of equine surgery, Philadelphia, 2000, Saunders.
  7. Hunt RJ: New techniques in transphyseal bridging. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual American College of Veterinary Surgeons Symposium, 2006, Washington, DC.
  8. Brauer TS, Booth TS, Riedesel E: Physeal growth retardation leads to correction of intracarpal angular deviations as well as physeal valgus deformity, Equine Vet J 31:193, 1999. PUBMED Abstract
  9. Crilly RG: Longitudinal overgrowth of chicken radius, J Anat 112:11, 1972. PUBMED Abstract
  10. Mitten LA, Bramlage LR, Embertson RM: Racing performance after hemicircumferential periosteal transection for angular limb deformities in thoroughbreds: 199 cases (1987-1989), J Am Vet Med Assoc 207:746, 1995. PUBMED Abstract
  11. Read EK, Read MR, Clark CR, et al: An evaluation of hemicircumferential periosteal transection and elevation in an angular limb deformity model (abstract). Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual American College of Veterinary Surgeons Veterinary Symposium, 2001, Chicago, IL.
  12. Slone DE, Roberts CT, Hughes FE: Restricted exercise and transphyseal bridging for correction of angular limb deformities, Proc Am Assoc Equine Pract 46:126, 2000 (abstract).
  13. Colles CM: How to aid the correction of angular limb deformities in foals using physeal stimulation, Proc Am Assoc Equine Pract 54:60, 2008.
  14. O’Donohue DD, Smith FH, Strickland KL: The incidence of abnormal limb development in the Irish thoroughbred from birth to 18 months, Equine Vet J 24:305, 1992. PUBMED Abstract
  15. Dutton DM, Watkins JP, Honnas CM, et al: Treatment response and athletic outcome of foals with tarsal valgus deformities: 39 cases (1988-1997), J Am Vet Med Assoc 215:1481, 1999. PUBMED Abstract
  16. Dutton DM, Watkins JP, Walker MA, et al: Incomplete ossification of the tarsal bones in foals: 22 cases (1988-1996), J Am Vet Med Assoc 213:1590, 1998. PUBMED Abstract
Suggested Readings
  1. Auer JA: Angular limb deformities. In Auer JA, Stick JA, eds: Equine surgery, ed 3, St Louis, 2006, Elsevier.
  2. Dutton DM, Watkins JP, Honnas CM, et al: Treatment response and athletic outcome of foals with tarsal valgus deformities: 39 cases (1988-1997), J Am Vet Med Assoc 215:1481, 1999. PUBMED Abstract