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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2010; 23(06): 379-384
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1617480
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The history of canine cruciate ligament surgery from 1952 – 2005

L. C. Vaughan
†   †26 Burywick, Beeson End, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2AH, UK
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This article is reprinted by kind permission of Veterinary History where it first appeared in Vol. 14, No. 2 (2008), pgs. 119–136. The paper is the text of an invited lecture that was given by the late Professor Leslie Vaughan. It has not been peer-reviewed, but is reprinted for readers of VCOT. An obituary to Professor Vaughan was published in VCOT 2009 22(3): IX-X.

 

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