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The use of a transfixation splint to stabilize a bilateral mandibular fracture in a dog
Author(s) -
ROBINS G. M.,
READ R. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1981.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - medicine , splint (medicine) , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , mandibular fracture , jaw fracture , dentistry , bony union , orthodontics , mandibular ramus , surgery , oral and maxillofacial surgery , osteotomy , botany , internal fixation , biology , genus
ABSTRACT The treatment of bilateral non‐union fractures of the horizontal rami of the mandible is described in a Poodle. A transfixation splint was used to stabilize the fractures. The technique is described and other methods of mandibular fracture repair reviewed.

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