Indicações da artroscopia em equinos

One of the main causes of incapacity in athletes, be they human or equines, is the occurrence of intra-articular lesions. The equines are each time more required in his athletic performance, resulting in intense stress to the structures that composes the locomotor device. The leading cause of human and equine athlete’s functional incapacity is the intra-articular disorders. One of the greatest advances in sports medicine was the development of arthroscopy as a minimal invasive intra-articular surgery. The defining characteristic of diagnostic or surgical arthroscopy is featured by minimal tissue damage and broad inspection of internal structures inside the joint associated with low morbidity and complications. The advantages of surgical arthroscopy over traditional surgery are well known: limited hospitalization, early return to competition, lower risks of post-operative joint rigidity, magnification of inspected structures, joint lavage associated or not with removal of potentially dangerous substances. Arthroscopy cannot replace conventional methods and must not do so; however, the intrinsic limitations of conventional diagnostic techniques, such as radiology and synovial fluid analysis, must be kept in mind, particularly in evaluating damage to cartilage and the synovial membrane. Arthroscopy has now become the accepted method of performing all joint surgery, however it is mainly used for radical surgery, such as osteochondral fragment removal, surgical curettage and arthroplasty ; Uma das principais causas de incapacidade em atletas, sejam eles humanos ou da espécie equina, é a ocorrência de lesões intra-articulares. Os equinos são cada vez mais exigidos em seu desempenho atlético, resultando desta forma em intenso estresse às estruturas que compõe o aparelho locomotor. Um dos grandes avanços observados na medicina esportiva foi o advento das cirurgias intra-articulares minimamente invasivas, realizadas com auxílio de um artroscópio. A artroscopia é uma técnica diagnóstica ou cirúrgica que se caracteriza ...