In vivo study of stainless steel and Ti-13Nb-13Zr bone plates in a sheep model

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 343, Issue , 1997, Pages 213-223

  Seligson, David ^a   Mehta, Sanjiv ^a   Mishra, Ajit K ^b   FitzGerald, Ted J ^b   Castleman, David W ^b   James, Anthony H ^b   Voor, Michael J ^a   Been, Jeffery ^a   Nawab, Akbar ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; STRENGTH;

EID: 0030758294     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199710000-00032     Document Type: Article

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