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phalanx was associated with increased risk of euthanasia during hospitalisation.


Clinical implications Synovial sepsis, injury to the DDFT and osseous damage commonly occur in cases of solar penetration. Radiography and contrast techniques are useful in assessing synovial involvement, tract direction and depth and identification of overt osseous injury, but soft tissue injuries cannot be assessed. A high proportion of the described cases in all published reports had lesions in the DDFT. Soft tissue injuries and early changes in bone can be assessed on MRI as well as assessment of the depth and direction of the tract. It should be borne in mind that false negatives for tendon damage have been reported in the first 48 h post-injury and repeat MRI may be necessary to identify tendon lesions.


Conclusions


Magnetic resonance imaging is useful in assessment of tract direction and depth and assessment of soft tissue injuries within the hoof capsule in association with penetrating solar injuries. A combined approach using MRI to assess the tract and radiography and synoviocentesis, if necessary, appears likely to assist with prognosticating. Early detection of tendon


disease and osseous injury using MRI may allow clinicians to prognosticate more effectively; however, further studies are required to evaluate the usefulness of the information gained by MRI in assessing injuries of this type.


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