Group | Patient | Signalement | Diagnosis | Surgical treatment | Repeated AL/standing lavage | Complications | Duration of injury | Synovial parameters at admissiona | Duration of treatment |
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1 | 2 | Trotter, 6y, S | Pastern laceration right hind, septic digital flexor tendon sheath | Wound debridement; standing needle lavage digital flexor tendon sheath |  | None | >24 h | Positive pressure test; >80% neutrophils; 3200 TNC/μL; TP 4 g/dL | 4 days treatment was continued by referring veterinarian |
1 | 5 | Gidran, 13y, G | Laceration left tarsus, septic tarsal sheath | Wound debridement; AL tarsal sheath; GA | Â | None | 2Â days | >85% neutrophils; and positive pressure test | 9Â days |
1 | 6 | Cob, 13y, M | Street nail injury right front, septic distal interphalangeal joint | AL distal interphalangeal joint; GA | Â | Euthanasia d 30 of hospitalization after developing septic navicular bursitis right front | 2Â days | >95% neutrophils; 200 TNC /400xHPF; TP 7,2Â g/dL | 15Â days for septic interphalangeal joint |
1 | 8 | Nonius, 9y, G | Street nail injury left hind, septic navicular bursa | BL navicluar bursa:; GA | Â | none | 5Â days | >95% neutrophils; positive pressure test | 14Â days |
1 | 11 | WB, 18y, G | Puncture wound left hind fetlock, cellulitis | Debridement and standing needle lavage metatarsophalangeal joint |  | Euthanasia after discharge due to laminitis right hind | >2 days | 80% neutrophils; 3200 TNC/μL; TP 3 g/dL | 16 days |
1 | 12 | Cob, 16y, M | Laceration left tarsus septic tarsometatarsal joint | needle lavage tarsometatarsal joint: GA | Â | Euthanasia on d 27 of hospitalisation due to osteomyelitis left Mt. IV | 4Â days | >95% neutrophils; positive pressure test | 19Â days for septic tarsometatarsal joint |
1 | 13 | Pony, 20y, G | Laceration, bone sequester left humerus, septic bicipital bursa | Needle lavage, sequestrectomy, standing | Â | None | >24Â h | Positive pressure test | 28Â days |
1 | 14 | Icelandic horse, 15y, M | Laceration left elbow; septic elbow joint, open intraarticular olecranon fracture Type II | AL elbow joint, fracture repair; GA | Â | None | >24Â h | Positive pressure test | 26Â days |
1 | 15 | WB, 24y, G | Laceration SDFT and DDFT right hind, septic digital flexor tendon sheath | TVL digital flexor tendon sheath; GA |  | Scar tissue formation SDFT | 2 days | Positive pressure test; >75% neutrophils; 21,910 TNC/μL; TP 4 g/dL | 10 days |
1 | 16 | Icelandic horse, 2y, M | Laceration right carpus septic carpal joints | AL carpal joints; GA |  | None | >36 h | Positive pressure test; >80% neutrophils; 26,670 TNC/μL; TP 3,4 g/dL | 12 days |
1 | 18 | Arab, 17y, M | Laceration left tarsus, septic tarsocrural joint/open comminuted calcaneus fracture | standing needle lavage tarsocrural joint; |  | Euthanasia on d 7 of hospitalisation due to pleural effusion, heart failure | >36 h | Positive pressure test; >96% neutrophils; 10,270 TNC/μL; TP 5 g/dL | 6 days |
1 | 20 | WB, 12y, G | Laceration right front fetlock septic digital flexor tendon sheath | TVL digital flexor tendon sheath; GA |  | Adhesions formation SDFT and digital tendon sheath; | 7 days | Positive pressure test; >88% neutrophils; 310 TNC/400× HPF; TP 3,5 g/dL | 18 days |
2 | 4 | WB, 8y, G | Laceration right stifle; septic femoropatellar joint | Wound debridement; AL femoropatellar joint: GA | Yes; AL; GA; 48 h after first surgery | None | 36 h | Positive pressure test; >80% neutrophils; 8700 TNC/μL; TP 4,6 g/dL | 9 days |
2 | 7 | QH, 4y, G | Laceration right carpus septic middle carpal joint; osteomyelitis carpal accessory bone | AL middle carpal joint: GA | 8 days after first surgery; curettage of carpal accessory bone, GA; no AL indicated | Osteomyelitis accessory carpal bone | >2 days | positive pressure test; >80% neutrophils; 120 TNC/400× HPF; TP 6,4 g/dL | 28 days |
2 | 17 | Polo Pony, 16y, G | Puncture wound left tarsus; septic tarsal sheath | AL tarsal sheath; GA | Yes; AL; GA 96 h after initial surgery |  | 4 days | >95% neutrophils; >100 TNC/400× HPF; TP 7,2 g/dL | 23 days |
2 | 19 | Trotter, 8y, M | Laceration right carpus septic carpal joints | AL carpal joints; GA | Yes; 3 ALs GA 48 h, 96 h and 6 days after initial surgery |  | 5 days | >90% neutrophils; 36,600 TNC/μL; TP 6 g/dL | 36 days |
3 | 1 | WB, 3y, M | Laceration left tarsus, contaminated tarsocrural joint | wound debridement; AL tarsocrural joint: GA |  | None | 5 h | >90% neutrophils; 35,880 TNC/μL; TP 5 g/dL | 12 days |
3 | 3 | Criollo, 20y, M | Street nail injury right hind; contaminated navicular bursa | BL navicular bursa; GA | Â | None | 6Â h | Positive pressure test | 20Â days |
3 | 9 | WB, 9y, M | Pastern laceration left hind, contaminated digital flexor tendon sheath | TVL digital flexor tendon sheath; GA |  | None | 4 h | Positive pressure test; >95% neutrophils; 14,220 TNC/μL; TP 2,4 g/dL | 10 days |