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Tendon Cutting Procedures for the Treatment of Corns in Dogs

Abstract

A corn is a hard area of hyperkeratisation found on the digital paw pads of sight hounds causing severe, chronic lameness. Historically, no treatment has produced consistently good, long-term results and the aetiology has been speculative. The innovative digital flexor tendon cutting procedures rapidly improve lameness scores and demeanor by unloading the pad allowing the corn to exfoliate. It supports the theory that corns are caused by repeated mechanical trauma. The surgery is benign with minimal aftercare.

Michael Guilliard

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