Clinical Use of Ilizarov’s Compression Technique in the Treatment of a Septic Pseudoarthrosis in a Calf

J. R. Pistani; H. Miscione; A. Redondo; E. David

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632562

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1997; 10(01): 12-15
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632562

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Clinical Use of Ilizarov’s Compression Technique in the Treatment of a Septic Pseudoarthrosis in a Calf

Authors

J. R. Pistani

¹From the Aren Cirugía y Anestesiología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, República Argentina
H. Miscione

²From the Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Hospital Nacional de Pediatría “Prof. Doctor Juan P. Garrahan”, SAMIC, Buenos Aires, República Argentina
A. Redondo

¹From the Aren Cirugía y Anestesiología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, República Argentina
E. David

¹From the Aren Cirugía y Anestesiología, Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, República Argentina

Abstract

This article describes the use of the Ilizarov External Fixator Apparatus in infected suppurative pseudoarthrosis in a young calf.

Keywords

Ilizarov - pseudoarthrosis - septic pseudoarthrosis

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