Outcome and Racing Performance after Internal Fixation of Third and Central Tarsal Bone Slab Fractures in Horses: A Review of 20 Cases;Utfall och löpsresultat efter intern fixering av slabfrakturer på tredje och centrala tarsalbenet hos hästar, en uppföljning av 20 fall

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-180

  Winberg, E G ^a   Pettersson, H ^a  

^a Regional Animal Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fractures; hind limb; lameness; surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; SWEDEN; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033254473     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547034     Document Type: Article

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