Special Issue "Equine Surgery and Medicine"

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Equids".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Francisco José Vázquez Bringas
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Guest Editor
Servicio de Cirugía y Medicina Equina, Hospital Veterinario, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet, 177, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: equine practice; surgery; laparoscopy; mesenchymal stem cells and orthobiologics
Dr. Eduard Jose-Cunilleras
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Co-Guest Editor
Servei de Medicina Interna Equina, Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193‐Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: equine internal medicine; equine sports medicine; electrolytes; coagulopathies; infectious diseases

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Horses and donkeys are animal species with which we have had close relations since time immemorial. Nowadays, this interrelationship demands high-quality veterinary attention in which medical and surgical treatments stand out. In these fields, the scientific advances for these species are abundant and continuous.

It is essential, both for researchers in this area and for equine practitioners, that these advances are shared in a rigorous and detailed manner but, also, in open channels accessible to the community.

The purpose of this Special Issue is, therefore, to present high-quality articles related to advancement in equine medicine and surgery. Research articles, case series, and original reviews will all be considered.

Reports focusing on sport, racing, and leisure horses are welcome in addition to those where work horses, donkeys, and feral horse populations are the focus. Topics could include but are not limited to anesthesia, soft tissue surgery, lameness and orthopedics, minimally invasive surgery and procedures, rehabilitation, diagnostic techniques, internal medicine, infectious or parasitic disease, therapeutics, ophthalmology, neurology, cardiology, critical care, and neonatology.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. Francisco José Vázquez Bringas
Dr. Eduard Jose-Cunilleras
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • horse
  • donkey
  • equine
  • surgery
  • medicine

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The Comparison of Latero-Medial versus Dorso-Palmar/Plantar Drilling for Cartilage Removal in the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
Animals 2021, 11(6), 1838; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061838 - 21 Jun 2021
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The aims of the present study were to compare the percentages of articular cartilage removed using a lateral drilling approach of the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) and a dorsal drilling approach, and to assess the usefulness of digital fluoroscopy when performing a lateral [...] Read more.
The aims of the present study were to compare the percentages of articular cartilage removed using a lateral drilling approach of the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) and a dorsal drilling approach, and to assess the usefulness of digital fluoroscopy when performing a lateral drilling approach. Sixty cadaveric PIPJs were drilled using a surgical drill bit to remove the articular cartilage. The limbs were divided into three groups containing 10 forelimbs and 10 hindlimbs each. One group received the dorsal drilling approach, the second one received the lateral drilling approach and the last one received the lateral drilling approach under digital fluoroscopy guidance. The percentage of articular cartilage removed from each articular surface was assessed using Adobe Photoshop ® software. The percentages of removed cartilage turned out to be significantly higher with lateral approach, especially under fluoroscopic guidance, both in the forelimbs (p = 0.00712) and hindlimbs (p = 0.00962). In conclusion, the lateral drilling approach seems to be a minimally invasive technique with which to perform PIPJ arthrodesis, even more efficient than the previously reported dorsal approach. Full article
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