Diagnostic nerve blocks are a mainstay of lameness diagnosis, but they’re fraught with problems of reliability—some tests produce false positive results while others produce false negatives.

Mammals can regenerate the very tips of their fingers and toes after amputation, and now new research shows how stem cells in the nail play a role in that process. A study in mice, detailed online ...

THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Toe transfers outperform equivalent digit replantations following digit amputations, according to a study published in the August issue of Plastic and ...

When a horse becomes lame, one of the first things a veterinarian will do is perform nerve blocks on the affected limb(s) to identify the location of the pain. However, several recent studies have ...

The conventional wisdom was clear: Epinephrine should never be used in an end-arterial field (eg, digits, pinna, nose, penis) owing to the risk for necrosis. [1] But is that really a concern? Granted, ...