In vitro biomechanical and histological assessment of pilot hole diameter for positive-profile external skeletal fixation pins in canine tibiae

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 453-462

  Clary, Erik M ^a,b   Roe, Simon C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; OSTEOLYSIS; STANDARD; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RESORPTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURES, BONE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIBIA;

EID: 0030279058     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1996.tb01443.x     Document Type: Article

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