Results of screw fixation combined with cortical drilling for treatment of dorsal cortical stress fractures of the third metacarpal bone in 56 Thoroughbred racehorses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-257

  Dallap, Barbara L ^a,b   Bramlage, L R ^a   Embertson, R M ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Metacarpal; Orthopaedics; Stress fracture; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; SPORT; STRESS FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, STRESS; HORSES; MALE; METACARPUS; SPORTS;

EID: 0033127146     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1999.tb03182.x     Document Type: Article

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