Realignment of the radius in canine antebrachial growth deformities treated with corrective osteotomy and bilateral (type II) external fixation

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 558-563

  Quinn, Mary K ^a,b   Ehrhart, Nicole ^a   Johnson, Ann L ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Dundee Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; VALGUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RADIUS; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034323848     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2000.17852     Document Type: Article

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