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New Member:
Ledford

Posted on Thursday, Nov 2, 2006 - 8:42 am:

Can anyone give me advice for long term care of a coronary band injury. Unfortunately my horse was accidentally cut by my farrier when he was removing a bandage with an x-acto blade. He was cut on Oct. 18, was treated immediately, flushed, given a tetanus shot, and treated with Naxcel.(if I have to find a bright side ...fortunately it was a clean blade and the cut was very clean) He did have a small bleeder and was put in a compression bandage as well. The vet removed the stitches from his leg yesterday and removed the bandage however when he was trotted out the injury to the coronary band did bulge back open. The horse is very stiff now from being stall bound (prior to this injury, he was stall bound recovering from an abscess for two weeks -- he has been in a stall for 30 days) My vet has told me to put him back into regular work but I am very concerned about the healing of the coronary band. If he will have a better prognosis if I allow the band to heal completely I would much rather take that route -- I'm just not sure how to go about aiding the healing process or how long I should expect it to take. It seems to me that putting him back in work could actually cause more problems. As of right now the cut runs the entire vertical length of the coronary band into the hoof a bit less than a quarter of an inch. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Member:
Kthorse

Posted on Thursday, Nov 2, 2006 - 6:34 pm:

My horse had a severe coronary / hoof injury. It took months to heal with the proud flesh having to be removed on 2 occassions because its hard to keep movement from happenning. The outcome was excellent except for an ugly growth on his hoof wall like a scar that will always be there. Regular wound treatment as described in the articles was what I did. Then My vet said keeping it dry and bandaged to help stop proud flesh was what I was to do, It worked.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Thursday, Nov 2, 2006 - 7:37 pm:

If I understand you correctly you have a 3/4 inch vertical cut on the coronet that did not heal well when sutured? If so I wound use our routine wound care as outlined at Diseases of Horses » Skin Diseases, Wounds, and Swellings » Wounds / Burns » Long Term Deep Wound Care.
DrO
New Member:
Ledford

Posted on Friday, Nov 3, 2006 - 9:04 am:

Thank you for your replies. Dr. O ..The coronet band was not sutured (the cut went down his leg through the coronet band) The sutures in the leg have been removed but the coronet band is still split. My vet said I could resume my regular routine with the horse (schooling on the flat w/t/c and hacking six days per week). My concern is that this will delay the healing of the coronet band and my question is along with the routine care --should I postpone putting the horse back into work until the band has healed completely? Thank you for your time and replies ..it is greatly appreciated.
Member:
Corinne

Posted on Friday, Nov 3, 2006 - 11:18 am:

Good luck with the healing process. I am surprised that the farrier would use anything that sharp near a horses leg in the age of bandage sizzors with the safety edge! Sorry for your horse but perhaps he or she won't practice cutting wraps and bandages with sharp blades from now on! I hope that he or she offered to help with the vet care.
Anyway, in my experience all wounds cared for following Dr. O's advice have healed wonderfully including others horses whose owners I have passed the information on too...... Once again good luck.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Sunday, Nov 5, 2006 - 10:12 am:

From what you have written about the wound I think your veterinarians advice sounds OK as long as the horse is sound and the wound protected with a bandage.
DrO
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