Early experience with the use of an interlocking nail for the repair of canine femoral shaft fractures

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 397-406

  Durall, I ^a   Diaz, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; DOG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TIME; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; SURGERY, VETERINARY; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030238280     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1996.tb01434.x     Document Type: Article

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