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

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-48

  van Schie, Hans T M ^a,b   Bakker, Erwin M ^c   Cherdchutham, Worakij ^a,e   Jonker, A Mieke ^d   van de Lest, Chris H A ^a   van Weeren, P René ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Pathology   (Netherlands)

^e KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HEALING; HORSE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAR; SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON LESION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 58549114232     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.1.37     Document Type: Article

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