• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.56-61
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• 1998

A retrograde intravenous regional anesthesia was applied to the extremities of 30 cows, which was showed that mean value of induction time was 13.5 seconds, duration time 74.4 minutes, frequency of injection until to keep needle into the vein 1.27, and didn't observed local and systemic complications. Under the retrograde intravenous regional anesthesia, it was possible for surgical treatment of 20 cows with various foot disorders, to resect soft tissues of extremities and claw horns, to sexarticulate 2nd phalanx without pain reactions.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.240-246
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• 1999

forty-five claw lamed cows with pododermatitis circumscripta, hyperplasia interdigitalis, and dermatitis verrucosa were treated surgically through resection of necrotic tissues, currettage, antibiotics application, and compressive bandage, under retrograde intravenous regional anesthesia of claw. At 7 days postoperation were showed lameness score 0, absense of swelling of extremitis, without fistulation and purulent exudate in wound. Mean duration time of action of local anesthetic drug was 75 minutes and mean operation time for treatment of pododermatitis circumscripta, hyperplasia interdigitalis, and dermatitis verrucosa was 35 minutes, 20 minutes, and 21 minutes, respectively.