Iatrogenic sciatic nerve injury in eighteen dogs and nine cats (1997-2006)

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-471

  Forterre, Franck ^a   Tomek, Ales ^b   Rytz, Ulrich ^b   Brunnberg, Leo ^b   Jaggy, Andre ^b   Spreng, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INJURY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34547256214     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2007.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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