Systematic arthroscopic investigation of the bovine stifle joint

Hagag, Usama; Tawfiek, Mohamed Gomaa; Brehm, Walter

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.09.006

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“…Although these lesions occurred already during the first insertion of the instruments into the joint, reinsertion and manipulating the arthroscope within the joint added additional lesions. Partial-thickness articular cartilage wear lines were also described in cattle carpus and stifle arthroscopy [26,27,29]. As mentioned before, puncturing and manipulating of the arthroscope within the shoulder joint is demanding [19,33], this is most likely the explanation for the occurrence of the partial-thickness articular cartilage wear lines in our study.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…Although arthroscopic approaches to and normal arthroscopic anatomy of many joints in cattle have been described, description of the arthroscopic approaches to and normal arthroscopic anatomy of the shoulder joint in cattle was not available [24][25][26][27][28][29]. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the arthroscopic approaches to and the intraarticular arthroscopic anatomy of the shoulder joint in cattle.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Recently, several studies described arthroscopic approaches to the joints of cattle including the relevant arthroscopic anatomy of the fetlock, carpus, tarsus and stifle [24][25][26][27][28][29]. Description of arthroscopic approaches and anatomy of the shoulder joint is available for horses but not for cattle [30].…”

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Arthroscopic approaches to and anatomy of the shoulder joint of cattle: a cadaver study

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Background: Arthroscopic surgery is described as a minimally invasive technique for diagnosis, exploration and treatment of joint disorders. It allows intraarticular structures to be assessed accurately, thereby improving the diagnostic capabilities, and it broadens the spectrum of surgical techniques feasible for treatment of articular pathologies in cattle. This study aimed to assess for cattle the described arthroscopic approaches to the shoulder joint of horses, and to describe the appearance of the corresponding intraarticular structures of the shoulder joint. Additionally, to perform histological examination where tissues were identified and assessed arthroscopically, but the tissue type was uncertain using cadaveric limbs from cattle of different age categories without any signs of orthopedic diseases of the front limbs. Results: An anatomic and arthroscopic investigation with 34-cadaveric forelimbs from 20-cattle was performed. The arthroscope was inserted either immediately cranial or 1-cm caudal to the tendon of the infraspinatus muscle for the cranial and caudal approaches, respectively. The shoulder joints were examined with the limbs in either horizontal non-pulled position, abducted non-pulled position using a three-pod limb holder adjustable in height, or horizontal manually pulled position. Arthroscopy was performed using a rigid 30°arthroscope (18-cm length, 4-mm outer diameter) to view the synovial pouches with their synovial villi and the following structures: cranial rim of the glenoid, cranial portion of the humeral head, incisura-glenoidalis, caudal rim of the glenoid, caudal portion of the humeral head, and cranial and caudal cul-de-sac. Abduction of the limb allowed improved visualization of the lateral portion of the joint. Pulling the limb facilitated investigation of the medial portion of the joint. Generally, the distention range was higher in younger as compared to adult cattle, and visualization of the medial portion of the joint was, therefore, facilitated in younger animals. The main complications observed were subcutaneous fluid extravasations and partial-thickness articular cartilages wear-lines.

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