Principles of vertebral fracture management

Seminars in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery-Small Animal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-272

  Bruecker, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BACK; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; SURGERY, VETERINARY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0030280601     PISSN: 08820511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1096-2867(96)80019-3     Document Type: Article

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