Application of ventral pins and polymethylmethacrylate for the management of atlantoaxial instability: Results in nine dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-325

  Schulz, Kurt S ^a   Waldron, Don R ^b   Fahie, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE NAIL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; INJURY; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE NAILS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; ORTHOPEDICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031179855     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1997.tb01504.x     Document Type: Article

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