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Figure 10-22 • The owl’s third operation, performed in an effort to correct nonunions in both the radius and ulna, consisted of plating both
fractures as seen in orientation (A) and close-up (B) ventrodorsal projections. Note the “open-lips” sign associated with the radial fracture,
a characteristic radiographic feature of many avian nonunions.
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