Evaluation of cortical bone damage and axial holding power of nonthreaded and enhanced threaded pins placed with and without drilling of a pilot hole in femurs from canine cadavers

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 883-887

  Anderson, Mark A ^a,c   Mann, F A ^a   Kinden, Darryl A ^b   Wagner Mann, Colette C ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAIL; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; DOGS; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030584481     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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