SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENOTOMY AND SUPERIOR CHECK LIGAMENT DESMOTOMY IN HORSES: RADIO-METARCARPAL, METACARPOPHALANGEAL AND INTERPHALANGEAL GONIOMETRY

Authors

  • Carlos Alberto Hussni FMVZ/UNESP - Botucatu
  • Marcos Jun Watanabe FMVZ - Unesp - Botucatu
  • Ana Liz Garcia Alves FMVZ-UNESP - Botucatu
  • José Luiz de Mello Nicoletti FMVZ-Unesp-Botucatu
  • Luiz Carlos Vulcano FMVZ-UNESP-Botucatu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.5619

Keywords:

horses, surgery, locomotor, biomechanics, tenotomy, desmotomy

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the superficial digital tenotomy and the superior check ligament desmotomy on the radio-metacarpal, metacarpophalangeal, proximal and distal interphalangeal angles in horses. Under general anesthesia the superficial digital flexor tenotomy and superior check ligament desmotomy were performed, respectively, on the right and left forelimbs in nine horses. Before surgery and on 15th, 30th, and 60th postoperative days the radio-metacarpal, metacarpophalangeal, and proximal and distal interphalangeal angles were measured by radiographic examination. Tenotomy decreased significantly the metacarpophalangeal angle (mean ± standard deviation: preoperative – 140.7º ± 6.85; 60th day – 128.2º ± 5.93) and increased the distal interphalangeal angle (mean ± standard deviation: preoperative – 172.6 ± 1.87; 60th day – 167.6 ± 1.36). Desmotomy decreased the proximal interphalangeal angle (mean ± standard deviation: preoperative – 180.2º ± 5.43; 60th day- 197.3º ± 8.29). These surgical procedures did not change the radio-metacarpal angle. The superficial digital flexor tenotomy and the superior check ligament desmotomy cause different and significant changes in joint angles distal to the carpus.

KEY WORDS: Desmotomy, horses, joint angles, tenotomy.

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Author Biographies

Carlos Alberto Hussni, FMVZ/UNESP - Botucatu

Prof. Adjunto em Cirurgia de Grandes Animais - Departamento de Cirurgia e Anestesiologia Veterinária - Residente, Mestre e Doutor na área.

Marcos Jun Watanabe, FMVZ - Unesp - Botucatu

Graduado em Medicina Veterinária,´cursou residência em Cirurgia de Grandes Animais, com mestrado e doutorado relacionados à Cirurgia/Medicina esportiva equina.

Ana Liz Garcia Alves, FMVZ-UNESP - Botucatu

Médica Veterinária, com curso de Residência em Cirurgia de Grandes Animais, estrado e doutorado relacionados à área, livre-docente em Cirurgia de Grandes Animais. Departamento de Cirurgia e Anestesiologia Veterinária.

 

José Luiz de Mello Nicoletti, FMVZ-Unesp-Botucatu

Prof. Adjunto, com carreira em atividade acadêmica da residência, mestrado e doutorado com livre-docência na área de cirurgia em grandes animais. Departamento de Cirurgia e Anestesiologia Veterinária. Aposenta-se em março de 2009.

Luiz Carlos Vulcano, FMVZ-UNESP-Botucatu

Livre-docente com mestrado e doutorado em Radiologia Veterinária. Departamento de Reprodução Animal e Radiologia Veterinária

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

HUSSNI, C. A.; WATANABE, M. J.; ALVES, A. L. G.; NICOLETTI, J. L. de M.; VULCANO, L. C. SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENOTOMY AND SUPERIOR CHECK LIGAMENT DESMOTOMY IN HORSES: RADIO-METARCARPAL, METACARPOPHALANGEAL AND INTERPHALANGEAL GONIOMETRY. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 218–227, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.5619. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5619. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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