title: Stabilisation of a mandibular fracture in a cow by means of a pinless external fixator.
abstract: A four months pregnant, four-year-old Brown Swiss cow with mandibular fractures of the right horizontal ramus and the symphysis was treated surgically with a new pinless external fixator. Healing was complicated by the sequestration of bone at the fracture site. After the sequestrum had been removed a radiographic examination revealed that the fracture had healed completely.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Surgery Clinic, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lischer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fluri
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Auer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000662:veterinary; D016267:External Fixators / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D017102:Fracture Healing; D018889:Ilizarov Technique / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy