Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Power doppler to investigate superficial digital flexor tendinopathy in the horse
- Journal:
- Open Veterinary Journal
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Luca Lacitignola et al.
- Affiliation:
- Dipartimento dell’Emergenza e dei Trapianti di Organi (D.E.T.O.), Sezione di Cliniche Veterinarie e P.A, Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, s.p. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010. Valenzano, BARI, Italy · LY
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Background: Recent advances in tendinopathy research have focused on tendon vascularization detected with Color Doppler (CD) ultrasound. The use of CD has also been described in horses in a study on chronic lesions of superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) and suspensory ligament. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and distribution of Power Doppler (PD) signal in horses with superficial digital flexor tendinopathy. Methods: Twenty-two horses with tendinopathy were included and ten healthy horses with no lameness and no ultrasonographic abnormalities used for comparison. Results: In all horses with tendinopathy PD signal was visible while normal tendons with no abnormalities in B-mode were PD signal-free. Conclusion: We can speculate that PD could provide essential information about the healing process than the greyscale ultrasound.
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Search related cases →Original publication: https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v9i4.7