title: Arthroscopic removal of an osteochondral fragment from the caudal pouch of the lateral femorotibial joint in a colt.
abstract: An osteochondral fragment was removed from the caudal pouch of the lateral femorotibial joint in a 2-year-old Trakehner colt by use of arthroscopic surgery and a lateral approach. The approach to this aspect of the femorotibial joints was developed in another horse. The fragment was not attached and resembled an osteochondritis dissecans lesion. The intermittent lameness associated with the fragment resolved after surgical removal. A positive response to diagnostic anesthesia of the femorotibial joint in the absence of a confirmed diagnosis (following radiographic and arthroscopic evaluations of the other aspects of the stifle joint) is an indication for arthroscopic exploration of the caudal pouches of the femorotibial joints of stifles in horses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stick
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Borg
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Nickels
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Peloso
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Perau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000601:surgery*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007596:Joints / Q000601:surgery*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male