Arthroscopic removal of abaxial fracture fragments of the proximal sesamoid bones in horses: 47 cases (1989-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1016-1021

  Southwood, Louise L ^a   Trotter, Gayle W ^a   Wayne McIlwraith, C ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SESAMOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESAMOID BONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032186021     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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