Use of electrocautery probes in arthroscopic removal of apical sesamoid fracture fragments in 18 standardbred horses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 226-232

  Bouré, Ludovic ^a,b   Marcoux, Marcel ^a   Laverty, Sheila ^a   Lepage, Olivier M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SESAMOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FRACTURES, BONE; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; SESAMOID BONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033160949     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.1999.0226     Document Type: Article

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