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Figure 12.4

Arthroscopic appearance of stifle synovium in dogs with cruciate ligament rupture. Examples of the spectrum of arthroscopic hypertrophy (upper row)

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vascularity (middle row), and synovitis (lower row) scoring in various regions of the canine stifle joint. Arthroscopic scoring ranged from 1–4. Sour

ce: Little

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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097329

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