Fetlock Bandage Wrap  

Supplies

• Sterile gauze pad
• Gauze wrap
• Brown gauze
• Sterile cotton 16inch x 3 ft
• Elastikon
• lightplast
• Duct tape

Examine Operative Site

• Wash hands or wear exam gloves before applying the bandage
• “Wet Ones” can be used to clean hands in the stable.
• You may use isopropyl alcohol to clean around incision with sterile 4×4 gauze sponges if the area becomes soiled otherwise no cleaning is necessary, please do not apply any ointments
• The sutures are to be removed 14 days from the time surgery

Gauze

• Apply sterile pad to the site.
• Wrap gauze around the pad

Sterile cotton

• Roll the sterile cotton onto the limb.
• The more snugly you conform the cotton to the leg, the easier it will be to compress the bandage.

Brown Gauze

• Roll brown gauze from the bottom of the bandage.
• This will help to prevent it from slipping down.
• Roll firmly. Leave the cotton exposed at the top and bottom
• This is used to secure the bandage to the leg

Elastikon

• Do not wrap tightly on the skin as you may bow the horse’s tendon.
• Compress snugly over bandage, overlap the wrap 50% (to the red line of the previous layer).

Lightplast

• Apply the Elastikon to the skin above the bandage and  to the hoof wall below the bandage.
• If the bottom of the bandage becomes soiled apply duct tape to the bottom of the foot and bandage.

Duct Tape (If needed)

• Duct tape applied to the bottom of the foot and bandage to prevent soiling of the surgical site.

Bandage Removal

• Do not change the bandage in the stall.
  • find a clean, quiet area to work
• Use a razor blade to cut the bandage material.
• Slip finger between the Elastikon and skin to protect skin from the razor blade