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Injuries and surgery

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Aseptic preparation plus preoperative antimicrobials versus aseptic preparation and incidence of surgical site infections – BBV (2026)

Box rest and analgesia versus arthroscopic debridement for lame horses with hindlimb subchondral lucencies – VE (2023)

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Casting versus bandaging alone in healing of equine heel bulb lacerations – VE (2020)

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High-intensity laser therapy and conservative management versus conservative management alone and speed of return to primary function in horses with suspensory ligament desmopathy – VE (2023)

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Intralesional stem cell therapy and equine flexor tendon healing – VE (2017)

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Preoperative antimicrobials in equine arthroscopy and surgical site infections – BBV (2026)

Removal of proximo-plantar osteochondral fragments versus conservative management and subsequent lameness in young Thoroughbreds – VE (2019)

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Rest alone versus bandaging and rest in horses with superficial digital flexor tendinopathy – VE (2019)

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Sedation with a2-adrenergic agonists alone versus a2-adrenergic agonists in combination with butorphanol tartrate and effect on lameness investigation – VE (2021)

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Tenoscopic debridement versus surgical repair for longitudinal tears of the equine deep digital flexor tendon and return to performance – VE (2018)

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Tendon firing versus rest and time to recovery for superficial digital flexor tendon injury – BBV (2016/2025)

Laminitis

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Changes in hoof wall temperature and digital pulse pressure and prediction of laminitis onset – VE (2019)

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Continuous digital hypothermia versus supportive treatment in the prevention and treatment of acute equine laminitis – VE (2020)

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Cryotherapy of the distal limbs and treatment for acute equine laminitis – VE (2021)

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Therapeutic systemic corticosteroid administration and association with laminitis in adult horses without underlying endocrine or severe systemic disease – VE (2016)

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Venograms versus plain radiographs and diagnostic or prognostic information in horses with chronic laminitis – VE (2017)

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Osteoarthritis

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Bisphosphonates versus intra-articular steroids in horses with distal hock osteoarthritis – VE (2020)

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Bisphosphonates versus NSAIDs to improve lameness in distal tarsal joints osteoarthritis – VE (2020)

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Intra-articular injection of antimicrobials alongside corticosteroids or other medications and the risk of synovial sepsis in horses with arthritis – VE (2019)

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Intra-articular antimicrobials and the risk of sepsis after intra-articular corticosteroids in horses with arthritis – VE (2020)

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Intra-articular polyacrylamide gel versus intra-articular corticosteroid in improving lameness in horses with osteoarthritis – VE (2022)

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Mesenchymal stem cell therapy versus intra-articular corticosteroids and lameness in horses with osteoarthritis – VE (2020)

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Temperomandibular joint (TMJ) disease

SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS

Equine temporomandibular joint diseases: A systematic review – Jasiński et al. (2025)

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