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Equine Tendons and Ligaments, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, 1st Edition

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Sushmitha Durgam
Date of Publication: 08/2025
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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 ...view more
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.
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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.

Key Features
  • 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 anti-inflammatories on tendon/ligament homeostasis and healing; and more
  • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on equine tendon and ligament injuries, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Author Information
Edited by Sushmitha Durgam, BVSc, PhD, DACVS-LA, Associate Professor, Equine Surgery Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Columbus, OH, USA