Trauma en tendón extensor digital común en potranca de raza criolla colombiana.

Abstract

The tendons are a part of the striated muscle, with a strong consistency and non-contractile, whose function is to insert the skeletal muscle to the bone or fascia and transmit the force of muscle contraction to produce a movement (Lenk, 2014). The rupture of tendons occurs mainly in the distal regions of the anterior or posterior members (Dias, 2007), being this, one of the most frequent causes of claudication in foals In this section we will address the procedures performed on a 6-month-old Colombian Creole female horse referred to the Centro Médico Internal MV she presented 4/5 claudication as a consequence of trauma at dorsal level of the proximal interphalangeal joint, diagnosing a partial rupture of the common digital extensor tendon. When arriving at the medical center, different maneuvers were performed, such as regional perfusion, arthrocentesis of the joint phalangeal metacarpus, tenorraphy e immobilization of the distal portion of the affected member.