Evaluation of a simple and low-cost external fixator

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Goh, James ^a,c   Thambyah, A ^a   Ghani, A Noor ^b   Bose, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HEALTH CARE COST; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031010211     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00149-0     Document Type: Article

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