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Stabilisation of a mandibular fracture in a cow by means of a pinless external fixator
Author(s) -
Lischer C. J.,
Fluri E.,
Auer J. A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.140.9.226
Subject(s) - sequestrum , symphysis , medicine , external fixator , mandibular fracture , dentistry , bone healing , radiography , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , orthodontics , surgery , biology , osteomyelitis , oral and maxillofacial surgery , botany , genus
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.