Stick J A, Nickels F A, Williams M A
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1314.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1992 Apr 15;200(8):1131-2.
Desmotomy of the accessory ligament of the deep digital flexor muscle (inferior check desmotomy) permitted Standardbred foals affected with flexural deformities to reach their full athletic potential. Long-term effects of inferior check desmotomy were examined in 23 Standardbreds over a 10-year period. Six of 11 foals that were treated surgically either raced 6 times and obtained a race record or were training sound (if yearlings). All 12 horses with flexural deformity that did not receive an inferior check desmotomy had an unfavorable outcome (no race record). Foals that had surgery performed at a younger age apparently had a better chance of racing or training sound because no foals treated surgically after 8 months of age had a favorable outcome and only 1 foal that was older than 5 months at the time of surgery had a favorable outcome. In 5 foals that had surgery with an unsuccessful outcome, 3 were greater than or equal to 1 year old at the time of surgery and were lame when training was started on the limb(s) with the desmotomy.
切断指深屈肌副韧带（下检查韧带切断术）可使患有屈肌畸形的标准赛马驹发挥出全部运动潜能。在10年期间对23匹标准赛马进行了下检查韧带切断术的长期效果研究。11匹接受手术治疗的马驹中，有6匹参赛6次并取得了比赛成绩，或者（如果是一岁马）训练状态良好。所有12匹患有屈肌畸形但未接受下检查韧带切断术的马结局都不理想（没有比赛成绩）。年龄较小接受手术的马驹显然有更好的参赛或训练状态良好的机会，因为8个月龄后接受手术治疗的马驹没有良好结局，且手术时年龄大于5个月的马驹只有1匹有良好结局。在5匹手术结局不佳的马驹中，3匹手术时年龄大于或等于1岁，开始对进行切断术的肢体进行训练时出现跛行。
