Can high‐resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography imaging of subchondral and cortical bone predict condylar fracture in <scp>T</scp> horoughbred racehorses?

Abstract

Increased BV/TV of the distal metacarpus may have some value for identifying horses at risk of any fatal breakdown injury but not metacarpal condylar fractures. Measurement of parasagittal groove subchondral bone thickness is complicated by adjacent palmar osteochondral disease lesions. Thus, high-resolution imaging of the distal metacarpus appears to have limited ability to identify horses at risk of condylar fractures.