Simple Summary: In former times, horses with stifle injuries could not be helped much due to restrictions in diagnostic and therapeutic options. With the technical progress and willingness of owners to pay for advanced veterinary services, operations to the stifle joint became feasible. As a ...
DIAGNOSTIC ARTHROSCOPY OF STIFLE JOINT IN HORSES : THREE CASESHorsestifle lamenessarthroscopydiagnosis.Clinical, radiographic and arthroscopic evaluations were carried out in three Indian Thoroughbred horses with stifle lameness. Radiographic examination of the stifle joint did not show any bony lesions. ...
ObjectiveTo assess use of an 18 g arthroscope for diagnostic stifle joint examination in the standing horse. Study DesignPhase 1 used cadaver limbs and simultaneous ultrasonographic assessment. Phase 2 used 6 normal horses where stifles were assessed in both a standing and flexed position. Phase...
Animals--6 horses. Procedures--For each horse, baseline hind limb lameness was first evaluated. A randomly selected compartment of 1 stifle joint was then injected with IL-1尾 to induce synovitis and lameness; subsequently, the same compartment was anesthetized with 2% mepivacaine hydrochloride, ...