Anestesia perineural de membro torácico para diagnóstico de claudicação equina

Abstract

Nowadays the alterations of the locomotor system in horses have been growing, since, increasingly, they are exposed to sports activities. However, the impact remains of great relevance to its good performance, being often the exact place of limb involvement that is difficult to diagnose. The purpose of perineural block for the diagnosis of lameness is to provide analgesia to a limb region, causing the animal to temporarily decrease lameness, provided that this anesthetized region is responsible for lameness, thus allowing the location of the probable thirst. injury, which may be investigated by other ancillary methods in order to complete the diagnosis.