Outcome following local injection of a liquid amnion allograft for treatment of equine tendonitis or desmitis – 100 cases

Table 3 Contingency table analysis for outcome of 100 horses diagnosed with tendionitis/desmitis treated with an equine-origin, liquid amnion allograft to those of previously published works

	Lesion type/ location	Returned to or exceeded previous level of work	Returned to work but could not perform to previous standards	No return to work as a result of the injury and no improvement	p value
Current study	All	72	10	18	0.06
Scala et al. 2014 [20]	All	81	12	7	0.06
Current study	Cannon region	54	22		0.2
Renzi et al. 2013 [16]	Cannon region	13	10		0.2
Current study	SBD	20	10		0.4
Castelijns et al. 2011 [21]		5	6
Van Loon et al. 2014 [17]		15	7
Current study	PSD	9	4		0.5
Easter et al. 2014 [25]	PSD	215	56		0.5
Current study	SDFT	9	5		0.3
Zuffova et al. 2013 [22]		14	8
Geburek et al. 2016 [23]		8	2
Witte et al. 2011 [30]		21	13
Van Loon et al. 2014 [17]		20	23
Current study	DDFT—cannon	8	0		0.2
Van Loon et al. 2014 [17]	DDFT—cannon	4	2		0.2
Current study	DDFT—foot/ pastern	12	6		0.2
*Smith et al. 2007 [31]	DDFT—foot/ pastern	9	11		0.2
Current study	DIPJ- CD	7	1		0.04
*Gutierrez‐ Nibeyro et al. 2009 [29]	DIPJ- CD	8	12		0.04
Current study	DSD	9	1		0.5
*Sampson et al. 2007 [32]		16	5
*Schneider et al. 2003 [33]		6	3

SBD Suspensory branch desmitis, PSD Proximal suspensory desmitis, DDFT Deep digital flexor tendon, SDFT Superficial digital flexor tendon, DIPJ-CD Distal interphalangeal joint collateral desmitis, DSD Distal sesamoidean desmitis
^*Denotes work describing outcomes of lesions treated with conventional therapies

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