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TENSION BAND WIRING [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Surgery
DEF

A special orthopedic technique used to provide dynamic compression for the treatment of avulsion-type fractures, such as those involving the olecranon, tibial crest, or patella, or for the replacement of those apophyses that have to be removed surgically to provide access to a bone or joint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie vétérinaire
DEF

Technique d'ostéosynthèse utilisant un cerclage de fil métallique ancré sur une ou deux broches pour solidariser un fragment osseux trop petit ou difficile à maintenir par vis.

Spanish

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