Interlocking intramedullary nail stabilization of a femoral fracture in a dog with osteomyelitis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1262-1264

  Muir, Peter ^a   Johnson, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMUR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CEPHALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030253187     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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