Arthroscopic removal of axial osteochondral fragments of the proximoplantar aspect of the proximal phalanx using electrocautery probes in 23 standardbred racehorses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-427

  Simon, Olivier ^a,b   Laverty, Sheila ^a   Bouré, Ludovic ^a,c   Marcoux, Marcel ^a   Szöke, Mihaly O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Dierenkliniek de Morette   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Electrocautery; Osteochondral fragment; Proximal phalanx; Standardbred horse

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; BELGIUM; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS;

EID: 4344592779     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04061.x     Document Type: Review

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