EXTERNAL SKELETAL FIX ATION FOR TENDON REPAIR IN EQUINES | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 57, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 563-572 PDF (3.06 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2011.368031 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SHOKRY M1; GADALLA S1; E EL-HUSSEINY2; FARGHALLI H2 | ||
| 1Dept. of Vet. Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Vet. Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 2Dept. of Vet. Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Vet. Medicine, Cairo University, | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Healing after tenorrhaphy of transected flexors in combination with external skeletal fixation of the metacarpophalangeal joint in 8 equine species (6 donkeys and 2 horses) was evaluated clinically, ultrasono-graphy and histologically for 3 months. The external skeletal fixation device was used to induce mild flexion of the metacarbophalangeal joint to the degree that keeping the apposition of the sutured tendon without tension until healing. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Tendon; tenorrhaphy; external skeletal fixation; single locking suture | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 87 PDF Download: 47 |
||