Treatment of traumatically induced synovial sepsis in horses with gentamicin-impregnated collagen sponges |
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| Authors: | Summerhays G E |
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| Institution: | The Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Hampshire. |
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| Abstract: | Eight horses with synovial sepsis induced by trauma were treated by arthroscopic/tenoscopic debridement and lavage followed by the implantation of a gentamicin-impregnated collagen sponge. Seven of them responded favourably and were sound six months after treatment. The other underwent a further surgical procedure and recovered. Gentamicin-impregnated collagen sponges appear to be a safe and useful adjunct in the treatment of septic joints and tendon sheaths, and have the advantage of being bioabsorbable. |
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