luxation
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The cause of the remaining 5% is the luxation of other bones than those of the vertebral column.'
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Occasionally one may observe in suckling colts outward luxation of the patella wherein there is history of navel infection and no marked evidence of rachitis is present.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
If luxation is downward, traction on the extremity will tend to dislodge the head of the femur from the inferior acetabular margin making reduction possible.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
The same general plan which is ordinarily employed in correcting luxation is indicated here, but because of the heavy musculature of the hip, complete anesthesia is imperative in all such manipulations.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
In upward luxation, reduction is effected by attempting further extension of the stifle joint and at the same time the patella is pulled outward, off the internal rim of the trochlea.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Treatment.—The treatment of luxations must, of course, be similar to that of fractures.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Dislocations and luxations are interchangeable terms, meaning the separation and displacement of the articulating surfaces of the bones entering into the formation of a joint.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Such a deformity subjects the animal to frequent luxations.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
Because of the large humeral head articulating as it does with a glenoid cavity, scapulohumeral luxations are very rare in the horse.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
It is not surprising, then, to find that the treatment of fractures and luxations is eminently practical, and, indeed, on any subject that he touches he throws practical light.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
