Surgical treatment of lumbosacral instability caused by discospondylitis in four dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-80

  Auger, J ^a   Dupuis, J ^a   Quesnel, A ^a   Beauregard, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACK; DISKITIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISCITIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033629031     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2000.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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