Background: Digital flexor tendon sheath (DFTS) pathology is an important cause of lameness in horses. The outcome after surgical treatment is variable and depends on the exact diagnosis. Objectives: To (1) describe the prevalence of lesions associated with lameness caused by nonseptic DFTS...

A 13-year-old multiparous Quarter Horse mare was presented to the Michigan State University's, Large Animal Emergency service for dystocia. Clinical evaluation revealed a minimally dilated cervix on vaginal examination, with a palpable deceased fetus. Postmortem evaluation following owner-elected...

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...