Conservative management of 17 horses with nonarticular fractures of the tibial tuberosity

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-206

  Arnold, C E ^a,b   Schaer, T P ^a   Baird, D L ^a,c   Martin, B B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Horse; Stifle; Tibia; Tibial tuberosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; COMPETITION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA TUBEROSITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FRACTURE; INJURY; PROGNOSIS; REST; SPORT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038051824     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114261     Document Type: Review

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