Syndactyly and concurrent multiple pad agenesis in al four limbs with secondary deep digital flexor contracture in a puppy--a case report/Srastenost prstiju uz istodobnu visestruku nerazvijenost mekusi na sve cetiri noge sa sekundarnom kontrakturom duboke fleksorne tetive u steneta

• Published in: Veterinarski arhiv Vol. 84; no. 3; p. 319
• Main Authors: Rodriguez-Alarcon, Carlos A, Beristain-Ruiz, Diana M, Itza, Mateo F, Rivera-Bareno, Ramon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sveuciliste U Zagrebu 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Animal development; Growth; Puppies; Zoological research; Mexico
• ISSN: 0372-5480; 1331-8055

A 2-month-old, 7 kg, male Belgian shepherd Malinois was presented for evaluation of simple and complete syndactyly and metacarpal/tarsal pad agenesis in al four limbs, as well as deep digital flexor tendon contracture in the left thoracic and right pelvic limbs. A deep digital flexor tenotomy (digits 2 to 5) was initially performed at the level of the proximal and middle phalanges in the left thoracic limb. Pelvic limb surgery was not performed because the puppy showed les severe signology in this limb and to evaluate the consequences of the thoracic limb surgery. The patient responded partially, and was then treated with a subsequent bilateral tenotomy made more proximal to the previously described, at the level of the lateral lumbrical muscles in the left thoracic and right pelvic limbs. At 7--month post--operative examination, the patient had minimal lamenes, especially regarding concurrent syndactyly and pad agenesis of al extremities that was not treated. Key words: syndactyly, tenotomy, deep digital flexor, tendon contracture, pads agenesis. U radu je iznesen opis i procjena stanja u dvomjesecnog, 7 kg teskog steneta, belgijskog Malinois ovcara, s jednostavnom i potpunom srastenoscu prstiju, nerazvijenim metakarpalnim/metatarzalnim mekusina na sve 4 noge te s kontrakturama duboke digitalne fleksorne tetive na lijevoj prednjoj i desnoj straznjoj nozi. U slucaju prve lijeve noge obavljeno je presjecanje duboke digitalne fleksorne tetive (2. do 5. prsta) na razini gornje i srednje falange. Operacija straznje noge nije obavljena jer je stene na tom ekstremitetu pokazivalo manje izrazene simptome, a zeljelo se prvo i procjeniti ucinke zahvata na prednjoj nozi. Stanje pacijenta djelomicno se poboljsalo, stoga je naknadno provedeno bilateralno presijecanje tetiva na mjestu iznad prethodne operacije, na razini lateralnih lumbrikalnih misica prednje lijeve i straznje desne noge. Postoperativnom kontrolom nakon 7 mjeseci, kod pacijenta je utvrcena minimalna sepavost, posebice vezana za nelijecenu popratnu srastenost prstiju i nerazvijenost mekusi na svim ekstremitetima. Kljucne rijeci: srastenost prstiju, presijecanje tetive, duboka digitalna fleksorna tetiva, kontraktura tetive, nerazvijenost mekusi