Treatment of radius, ulna and humerus fractures with the aid of a bone morphogenetic protein in a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 196-199

  Ferrigno, Cassio Ricardo Auada ^a,f   Futema, F ^b   Fedullo, D L ^c   Kyan, V ^d   Fantoni, D Tabacchi ^a   Baccarin, D C B ^e   Romano, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Federal de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^d Mesh Digital Center   (Brazil)

^e DVM Koala Animal Hospital   (Brazil)

^f Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anteater; BMP; Fracture

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GEN TECH; TITANIUM;

ANTEATER; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMPLANTATION; LIMB; LYOPHILISATE; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIUS FRACTURE; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0042834267     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632778     Document Type: Article

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