Use of a three-drill-tract technique for arthrodesis of the distal tarsal joints in horses with distal tarsal osteoarthritis: 54 Cases (1990-1999)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1800-1805

  Dechant, Julie E ^a,b,d   Baxter, Gary M ^a   Southwood, Louise L ^a,e   Crawford, William H ^b   Jackman, Bradley R ^c   Stashak, Ted S ^a   Trotter, Gayle W ^a   Hendrickson, Dean A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Young Crawford Veterinary Clinic   (Canada)

^c Pioneer Equine Hospital Inc   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HINDLIMB; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TARSAL JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TARSAL JOINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0346955855     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1800     Document Type: Article

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