Medial patellar ligament splitting for the treatment of upward fixation of the patella in 7 equids

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 462-467

  Aziz Tnibar, M ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATELLA; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036717156     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.34660     Document Type: Article

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