Open reduction and bone plate stabilization, compared with closed reduction and external fixation, for treatment of comminuted tibial fractures: 47 cases (1980-1995) in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1008-1012

  Dudley, Melissa ^a   Johnson, Ann L ^a   Olmstead, Marvin ^b   Smith, C W ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^a   Abbuehl, Urs ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031572607     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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