Stabilisation of a mandibular fracture in a cow by means of a pinless external fixator

Stabilisation of a mandibular fracture in a cow by means of a pinless external fixator

A four months pregnant, four-year-old Brown Swiss cow with mandibular fractures of the right horizontal ramus and the symphysis was treated surgically with a new pinless external fixator. Healing was complicated by the sequestration of bone at the fracture site. After the sequestrum had been removed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary record 1997-03, Vol.140 (9), p.226-229
Hauptverfasser: Lischer, C. J., Fluri, E., Auer, J. A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - therapy
Equipment Design - veterinary
External Fixators - veterinary
Female
Fracture Healing
Ilizarov Technique - instrumentation
Ilizarov Technique - veterinary
Mandibular Fractures - therapy
Mandibular Fractures - veterinary
Pregnancy
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Zusammenfassung:A four months pregnant, four-year-old Brown Swiss cow with mandibular fractures of the right horizontal ramus and the symphysis was treated surgically with a new pinless external fixator. Healing was complicated by the sequestration of bone at the fracture site. After the sequestrum had been removed a radiographic examination revealed that the fracture had healed completely.
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.140.9.226