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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1988; 01(02): 86-90
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633170
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Proximal Phalangeal Fractures in the Horse

A. R. S. Barr
1   From the Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, GB
,
H. R. Denny
1   From the Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, GB
,
Avril E. Waterman
1   From the Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, GB
,
Barbara M. Q. Weaver
1   From the Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, GB
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22. Februar 2018 (online)

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Forty-nine cases of proximal phalangeal fracture were presented over a 13-year period. The fractures affected a variety of breeds and ages of horse and occurred during a number of different activities. Forty horses were treated, 34 surgically and 6 conservatively. Eighty-five percent subsequently became sound. Of 21 treated racehorses 14 subsequently raced.

Key words

Horse fractures - Equine phalanx
 

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