Vandaele Zoë, Van den Broeke Charlotte, Merchiers Alexandre, Schauvliege Stijn
Department of Large Animal Surgery, Anaesthesia and Orthopaedics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Animals (Basel). 2025 Feb 15;15(4):564. doi: 10.3390/ani15040564.
Different assisted recovery techniques have been developed to enhance the safety and quality of equine recoveries. This case series evaluates the recovery of horses using an air-inflated pillow (Equi-lift). With owner consent, the following data were collected from 19 horses undergoing open castration and 21 horses where a difficult recovery was anticipated: age, bodyweight, procedure, anaesthetic protocol, time required for proper positioning in the Equi-lift, time to extubation, time to standing, number of attempts to stand, number of stimuli, behaviour during recumbency/first attempts, and overall impression. Horses were 1-24 years old, with a bodyweight of 483.5 ± 106.8 kg. The median time to properly position a horse into the system was 6 min (range: 1-15 min). The recovery duration was 42 min (range: 21-181 min), with a median of 4 attempts (range: 1-12 attempts) and 1 stimulus (range: 0-10) before fully standing. Recovery was calm in most horses (32/40) and moderate (with signs of anxiety and/or excitation) in 3/40 horses. In five horses, the use of this technique was discontinued. All horses recovered without any injuries or other immediate postoperative complications. In conclusion, this recovery technique shows promising results, but further studies are needed to confirm the findings.
已经开发出不同的辅助恢复技术来提高马匹恢复的安全性和质量。本病例系列评估了使用充气枕头（Equi-lift）对马匹进行的恢复情况。在获得主人同意后，从19匹接受开放式去势手术的马和21匹预计恢复困难的马中收集了以下数据：年龄、体重、手术、麻醉方案、在Equi-lift中正确定位所需时间、拔管时间、站立时间、站立尝试次数、刺激次数、卧姿/首次尝试时的行为以及总体印象。马匹年龄为1至24岁，体重为483.5±106.8千克。将马正确放置到系统中的中位时间为6分钟（范围：1至15分钟）。恢复持续时间为42分钟（范围：21至181分钟），完全站立前的中位尝试次数为4次（范围：1至12次），刺激次数为1次（范围：0至10次）。大多数马（32/40）恢复过程平静，3/40的马恢复过程中度（有焦虑和/或兴奋迹象）。有5匹马停止使用该技术。所有马匹均顺利恢复，无任何损伤或其他术后即刻并发症。总之，这种恢复技术显示出有希望的结果，但需要进一步研究来证实这些发现。
