Arthroscope-assisted annular desmotomy in horses

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 252-255

  Hawkins, J F ^a   Moulton, J S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular ligament; Desmotomy; Endoscopy; Horse; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANNULAR LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGAMENT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SHEATH; TOURNIQUET; TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0036799446     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2002.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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