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A Muscle Separating Approach to the Equine Shoulder Joint for the Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans
Author(s) -
NIXON ALAN J.,
STASHAK TED S.,
MCILWRAITH C. WAYNE,
AANES WILBUR A.,
MARTIN GEORGE S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1984.tb00803.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteochondritis dissecans , lameness , horse , surgery , seroma , osteochondritis , hock , osteoarthritis , anatomy , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , complication
A muscle separating approach with tenotomy of the teres minor was used to expose osteochondritis dissecans lesions in the shoulder joints of five horses. Horses selected for surgery were severely lame or had a long history of lameness. Adequate surgical access allowed removal of cartilage flaps, curettage of the subchondral bone, and in one horse, the removal of an osteocartilaginous free body. Surgical wounds healed by primary intention; one horse developed a seroma that was drained. Three of the five horses were clinically sound 3 months following surgery. Two other horses were pasture sound but lame after extensive athletic activity.