Salter-Harris type II metacarpal and metatarsal fracture in three foals. Treatment by minimally-invasive lag screw osteosynthesis combined with external coaptation.

Klopfenstein Bregger, Micaël D; Fürst, Anton E; Kircher, Patrick R; Kluge, Katharina; Kummer, Martin

Klopfenstein Bregger, Micaël D; Fürst, Anton E; Kircher, Patrick R; Kluge, Katharina; Kummer, Martin.

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Klopfenstein Bregger MD; Micaël D. Klopfenstein Bregger, DVM, Diplomate ECVS, Swiss Institute for Equine Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 124, 3001 Bern, Switzerland, Phone: +41 31 631 22 68, Fax: +41 31 631 26 20, E-mail: micael.klopfenstein@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol ; 29(3): 239-45, 2016 May 18.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26965215

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Bone Screws/veterinary; Fracture Fixation, Internal/veterinary; Fractures, Bone/veterinary; Horses/injuries; Metacarpal Bones/surgery; Metatarsal Bones/surgery; Animals; Female; Fractures, Bone/surgery; Male; Metacarpal Bones/injuries; Metatarsal Bones/injuries

Key words

Foal; Salter-Harris type II fracture; minimally-invasive osteosynthesis; third metacarpal bone; third metatarsal bone

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bone Screws / Metatarsal Bones / Metacarpal Bones / Fractures, Bone / Fracture Fixation, Internal / Horses Limits: Animals Language: En Year: 2016 Type: Article

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