Wooden, metallic, hair, bone, and plant foreign bodies in horses: 37 cases (1990-2005)

Abstract

Wood was the most common penetrating foreign body in the horses in our study and was the type associated with the highest incidence of complications. Ultrasonography was more effective in locating foreign bodies than was radiography (plain and contrast) and should be performed in all horses with suspected foreign bodies.

Bacterial infective arthritis following a penetrating stick injury of the stifle joint in a dog

“…Similar findings have been previously reported following cranial cruciate surgery where braided non‐absorbable suture material has been used (Dulish , Marchevsky and Read ). ‐Persistent infection and discharging sinus(es) are well recognised as a consequence of penetrating wooden foreign bodies at other sites (Griffiths and others , Nicholson and others , Farr and others ).…”

“…In retrospect, given the location of the FB within the stifle, it is possible that the linear radio‐opacity identified on the craniocaudal projection may have been the FB. Ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will facilitate detection of wooden FB in animals (Pratt and others , Nicholson and others , Farr and others , Potanas and others ). In humans, all of these imaging modalities are effective in diagnosing intra‐articular wooden FB (Peterson and others , Kratz and others , Said and others ) and would have been useful diagnostic procedures in this patient.…”

“…Difficulty in identifying the intra‐articular FB at surgery has also been reported in humans, where multiple arthrotomies can be required (Kratz and others , Said and others ). Preoperative imaging (US, CT or MRI) have all been shown to facilitate localisation and surgical removal of FBs from both intra‐articular (Peterson and others , Kratz and others , Said and others ) and other sites (Pratt and others , Nicholson and others , Farr and others ). In humans prompt diagnosis, removal of the FB (via arthrotomy or arthroscopy), lavage of the joint and appropriate systemic antimicrobial administration is generally associated with a good prognosis (Kratz and others , Clarke and McCaffrey , Duerinckx , Said and others ).…”

Identification of a periorbital wooden foreign body as the cause of chronic ocular discharge in a horse

“…Ocular FBs are typically readily detected when penetrating the cornea, underneath the eyelids or within the conjunctival fornix in horses, 8,9 but wooden FBs embedded in the periorbital region without an associated penetrating wound can be a diagnostic challenge because wood is radiolucent, making detection with radiography difficult 10 . Fortunately, penetrating wooden FBs in the periorbital region are rare 11 …”

Foreign body‐associated splenic abscess in a horse

“…Based on previous reports, each section of the alimentary tract including the oropharynx (Kiper et al . 1992; Farr et al . 2010), tongue (Pusterla et al .…”