Principles of external skeletal fixation in small-animal surgery

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-453

  Harari, Joseph ^a,b   Seguin, Bernard ^a   Padgett, Sheldon L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vet Surgical Services of Seattle   (United States)

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