Achilles tenorrhaphy in five dogs: A modified surgical technique and evaluation of a cranial half cast

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-210

  Guerin, S ^a   Burbidge, H ^b   Firth, E ^b   Fox, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles mechanism; Achilles repair; Cranial half cast

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 3242857117     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632549     Document Type: Article

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