Instrumentation and Techniques in Equine Fracture Fixation

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-302

  Auer, Joerg A ^a   Watkins, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; FRACTURE; HORSE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; ORTHOPEDICS; SURGERY, VETERINARY;

EID: 0030207441     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0739(17)30283-3     Document Type: Article

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