ORTHOPEDICS
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Pre-op (l) and post-op radiographs of Osada's fractured tibia
‘Go for it’
Kicked, but not Down Osada, a 2-month-old Friesian, presented at
New Bolton Center in Chester County, Pa., with a complicated left tibial fracture. “She was kicked by another horse,” said Daniel Lapp, owner of Red Crest Stables and breeders in Gordonville, Pa. “Our vet came to the farm to check her and asked if we’d want to pursue surgery, although she said it was a long shot.”
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Mr. Lapp thought a long shot better than no shot, and the referring veterinarian sent Osada’s radiographs to Kylan Ortved, DVM, PhD, for a surgical opinion. “It was a really severe fracture that was complicated by a second fracture at the growth plate at the top of the bone,” Dr. Ortved said. “In foals we usually see 1 or the other but rarely both. I knew it would be a bit
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