Therapy of Septic Digital Flexor Tenosynovitis and Concurrent Septic Arthritis of the Fetlock Joint in 2 Cattle - New Surgical Approach from Plantar Via the Digital Flexor Tendon Sheath Wall

Septic inflammations of synovial cavities of distal limbs are a frequent cause of lameness in cattle: the distal interphalangeal joint and the digital flexor tendon sheath are most frequently affected (1-12). Especially in cases where penetrating puncture wounds proximal or distal to the dew claws have been responsible for septic inflammation of the digital flexor tendon sheath, also with involvement of the directly dorsal adjacent fetlock joint or the proximal interphalangeal joint recess assessment includes a thorough clinical, ultrasonographic and radiographic examination of the swollen region (5-8). This report describes 2 cases of septic tenosynovitis of the hind limb digital flexor tendon sheath. One was a fibrinous-purulent tenosynovitis in the right lateral digit of a 4.7 years old Simmental cow, the other a sero-fibrinous ...