Two techniques for supplementing interlocking nail repair of fractures of the humerus, femur, and tibia: Results in 12 dogs and cats

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 673-680

  Basinger, R Randy ^a   Suber, Jonathan T ^a  

^a South Carolina Surgical Referral Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; External skeletal fixation; Femur; Humerus; Interlocking nail; Interlocking nail bolt; Supplemental fixation; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CAT; DOG; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744255159     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04095.x     Document Type: Article

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