Dr. Boa reports that 800-1100 equine patients enter the clinic at the University of Veterinary Science in Budapest. There are a few small private equine veterinary clinics in Hungary, usually with 2-3 veterinarians. In general, they lack the array of expensive equipment which is available at the University. Mostly, equine practitioners have mixed practice, small and large animals together. The time when a bone fracture automatically dooms a horse is definitely passed.
Some fractures undergo routine treatment by means of osteosynthesis with a good prognosis.
Equally good prognosis can occur in cases treated with bone fragment extraction. Recent methods for bone fracture treatment can limit the number of cases considered as hopeless. Nevertheless such cases do still occur in our practice. Results of the treatment were judged in a 3-degree scale according to the possibility of using the animal after the operation, which was, in other words, the extent to which the owner expectations were fulfilled. A good result meant a return to the previous work activity, satisfactory result was a return to the work activity but with a change of its character, a poor result when the animal's usefulness was lost.