Segmental ostectomy of the second and fourth metacarpal and metatarsal bones in horses: 17 Cases (1993-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Jenson, Paul W ^a   Gaughan, Earl M ^a,b   Lillich, James D ^a   Bryant, James E ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HORSE DISEASE; LIMB FRACTURE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0347949585     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.271     Document Type: Review

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