Monitoring of the repair process of surgically created lesions in equine superficial digital flexor tendons by use of computerized ultrasonography

Abstract

Computerized ultrasonography provided an excellent tool for objective monitoring of healing tendons in horses and reliable prognostication of repair quality.

Correspondence of high-frequency ultrasound and histomorphometry of healing rabbit Achilles tendon tissue

“…Moreover, the nuclei of these invading cells were significantly wider than in the intact tendon tissue in accordance with Moshiri et al (7). Such cells with quite round nuclei are considered to be immature tenoblasts in contrast to established tenocytes having thin and longish nuclei (24)(25)(26).…”

Australian football players’ Achilles tendons respond to game loads within 2 days: an ultrasound tissue characterisation (UTC) study

“…UTC has been shown to be reliable in human16 and in equine tendons, and has been validated against pathological specimens histologically 18 20 21. A 7–10 MHz linear ultrasound transducer (SmartProbe 10L5, Terason 2000; Teratech) was mounted in a tracking device that moves the transducer automatically along the tendon's long axis recording transverse images at intervals of 0.2 mm over a 12 cm distance (600 axial images).…”

Reproducibility and feasibility of acoustoelastography in the superficial digital flexor tendons of clinically normal horses

“…Sonographic characteristics of tendon injury include changes in cross-sectional area, shape, fiber pattern, and pixel intensity. [8][9][10][11] Assessment of tendon function can only be determined by extrapolation of this anatomic information combined with physical examination findings. Because small changes in B-mode sonographic appearance are associated with large changes in biomechanical strength, 8 it is difficult to determine the degree of activity that the tissue can sustain.…”