Navicular bone fracture and severe deep digital flexor tendinopathy after palmar digital neurectomy in two horses.

Background: Navicular syndrome is a common cause of forelimb lameness in horses. Beyond changes to the navicular bone itself, horses with a clinical diagnosis of navicular syndrome often have pathology associated with other components of the navicular apparatus, including the navicular bursa, deep digital flexor (DDF) tendon, collateral sesamoidean ligaments, and impar ligament. Palmar digital neurectomy (PDN) is often used as a salvage procedure for horses diagnosed with navicular syndrome that become unresponsive to medical management.

Outcome following local injection of a liquid amnion allograft for treatment of equine tendonitis or desmitis - 100 cases.

Background: Tendon and ligament injuries are significant causes of loss of use and early retirement in performance horses. Amniotic fluid and tissue are excellent sources of growth factors and cytokines important in tendon and ligament healing. Thus, an equine-origin liquid amnion allograft (ELAA) may be beneficial in the treatment of equine tendonitis and desmitis.

Healing time of experimentally induced distal limb wounds in horses is not reduced by local injection of equine-origin liquid amnion allograft.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of an equine-origin liquid amnion allograft (ELAA) derived from both amniotic fluid and amniotic membrane on the healing time of experimentally induced distal limb wounds in horses.

Animals: 8 adult horses.

Procedures: On day 0, horses were anesthetized and a 2.

Influence of barbed suture on leak pressures after double-layer inverting closure of cystotomy sites in sheep.

Objective: To determine the influence of barbed suture on double-layer inverting closure of cystotomy sites in sheep.

Study Design: Ex vivo study.

Sample Population: Urinary bladders harvested from ovine (n = 26) cadaveric specimens.