Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Equine Tendon and Ligament Injuries, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice : Volume 41-2

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, guest editor Dr. Sushmitha Durgam brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Equine Tendon and Ligament Injuries.Top experts provide comprehensive and up-to-date guidance on tendon/ligament structure/extracellular matrix composition and the role in tendon/ligament function.This issue covers injury mechanisms and biological process that warrant considerations for incorporating and developing therapeutics, cutting-edge diagnostic tools and modalities, and current medical and surgical therapies and rehabilitation strategies for managing tendon and ligament injuries. Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including structure-function relationships in the aging superficial digital flexor tendon: implications for injury; current and emerging quantitative imaging modalities for equine tendon/ligament injury diagnosis; techniques for equine tendon tenorrhaphy; evidence related to intratendinous/intrasynovial