{"id":10168,"date":"2023-01-21T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/a-severe-umbilical-infection-behind-a-case-of-chronic-polyarthritis-a-fascinating-surgical-challenge\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T08:18:19","slug":"a-severe-umbilical-infection-behind-a-case-of-chronic-polyarthritis-a-fascinating-surgical-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/a-severe-umbilical-infection-behind-a-case-of-chronic-polyarthritis-a-fascinating-surgical-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A Severe Umbilical Infection Behind a Case of Chronic Polyarthritis: A Fascinating Surgical Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000\">A new<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetpro.it\/it\/dettaglio_immagini.aspx?id_img=11857\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>clinical case<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: a Piedmontese calf approximately 2 months old presents with evident <strong>polyarthritis<\/strong>, involving the left carpus and both tarsi. The presence of a <strong>pathological umbilical condition<\/strong> confirms the omphalogenic origin of the joint infection.<br \/>The concurrent pathological condition at the umbilical and joint levels, along with the involvement of three joints and the permanent, irreversible flexion of the carpus, indicate a chronic pathological condition, with a guarded prognosis, particularly regarding the restoration of normal locomotor function. The owner, having been informed of the critical situation and the potential need for a <strong>two-stage surgical procedure<\/strong> to attempt a full recovery of the calf, is willing to take the risk!<br \/><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">Umbilical S<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetpro.it\/it\/dettaglio_immagini.aspx?id_img=11837\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">urgical Proced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">ure.<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetpro.it\/it\/dettaglio_immagini.aspx?id_img=11863\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">Carpal Surgical Procedure<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color:#000000\">Enjoy the video!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new clinical case: a Piedmontese calf approximately 2 months old presents with evident polyarthritis, involving the left carpus and both tarsi. The presence of a pathological umbilical condition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10852,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10168\/revisions\/10852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetpro.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}