Organ System Injury and Postoperative Complications in Dogs and Cats with Two

R. W. Bertoy; Ann L. Johnson; R. M. Weigel

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1633213

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1989; 02(04): 140-143
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633213

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Organ System Injury and Postoperative Complications in Dogs and Cats with Two

R. W. Bertoy

^*From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and

,

Ann L. Johnson

^*From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and

,

R. M. Weigel

^**Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

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Abstract

Key words

Fracture - Trauma - Major organs - Multiple bones

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