Background: Pathology of the digital flexor tendon sheath is a significant cause of lameness in the horse. Imaging is important to identify lesions and inform on prognosis prior to tenoscopic surgery. Objectives: To use a large population to evaluate (1) the sensitivity and specificity of digital...

25 horses with a clinical and ultrasonographic diagnosis of palmar or plantar proximal annular ligament constriction and ultrasonographic evidence of synovial masses or adhesions within the digital tendon sheath had tenoscopic surgery for annular ligament desmotomy combined with adhesiolysis and/or ...

Objective - To determine clinical and ultrasonographic abnormalities in horses with primary desmitis of the palmar or plantar annular ligament (PAL) and the response to treatment. Design - Retrospective study. Animals - 25 horses. Procedure - Data collected from medical records included signalment, ...

This report describes the unsuccessful treatment of an iatrogenic septic tenosynovitis following diagnostic anaesthesia of the digital flexor tendon sheath in an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding. Diagnostic anaesthesia is a valuable tool in localising the cause of lameness, but is not without...

Inflammation of the digital flexor tendon sheaths is a chronic and nebulous condition often unresponsive to medical and surgical treatment. This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence of longitudinal tears (LT) as the underlying cause of chronic tenosynovitis and annular ligament ...

36 cases of constriction of the FAL in athletic horses (32 Standardbreds, 3 Show jumpers and 1 Thoroughbred) were treated surgically by desmotomy and longitudinal samples, 4-8 mm wide, were removed. Samples were also obtained from 3 healthy Standardbreds as controls. The samples were subjected to...

In a series of 7 normal Warmblood horses and 16 diseased horses of various breeds, the efficacy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of this condition was determined. In normal limbs, the annular ligament is a very thin structure usually not visible on sonograms. In diseased limbs, ultrasonography...

Ultrasonography was used with 6 normal cadaver forelimbs of Dutch Warmblood horses to delineate the ultrasonographic anatomy of the palmar pastern region, with emphasis on the proximal digital annular ligament. Using a 5.5 MHz sector scanner, the thin proximal digital annular ligament was not...

Chronic active tenosynovitis of the digital sheath can become increasingly complicated by intrathecal mass and adhesion development, annular ligament constriction, and secondary linear clefting or flattening of the tendons. Endoscopic techniques (tenoscopy) provide a minimally invasive mechanism...