Diffusion of mepivacaine between adjacent synovial structures in the horse. Part 2: Tarsus and stifle

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-90

  Gough, M R ^a   Munroe, G A ^a   Mayhew, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Local analgesia; Mepivacaine; Stifle; Tarsus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYE; GELATIN; LATEX; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; UREA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG DIFFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMUR; HEEL; HINDLIMB; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; SYNOVIUM; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT; TIBIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HORSE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LATEX; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; STIFLE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036365927     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776181088     Document Type: Article

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