Surgery in horses

Details Surgery in horses Surgery in horses

1987-02-04

1988-09-27

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128330, 604164, 604170, 623 13, A61B 1700

Patent

active

047734167

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a method of surgery in horses for strengthening part of a horses flexo-tendon in a horse's leg. A cannula containing a probe projecting therefrom is inserted lengthwise into the tendon to intersect the part of the tendon to be strengthened, the probe forming a pocket in the tendon at the inner end of the cannula. The probe is removed from the cannula and an implant is inserted through the cannula so that its inner end is located and gripped in the pocket. The cannula is then removed to leave the implant located in the tendon and intersecting the part to be strengthened. The invention also provides a surgical kit comprising said cannula, probe and implant, and a thruster for thrusting the implant into the cannula; and the invention includes also the implant of the kit.

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