Diffusion of mepivacaine between adjacent synovial structures in the horse. Part 1 : Forelimb foot and carpus

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-84

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpus; Distal interphalangeal joint; Horse; Local analgesia; Mepivacaine; Navicular bursa

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORELIMB; HORSE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; SCAPHOID BONE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; SYNOVIUM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WRIST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HOOF AND CLAW; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CARPUS, ANIMAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HOOF AND CLAW; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LATEX; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UREA;

EID: 0036368876     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776181097     Document Type: Article

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