Reduction in plate strain by addition of an intramedullary pin

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-459

  Hulse, Don ^a   Hyman, William ^b   Nori, Meera ^b   Slater, Margaret ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; INJURY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; DOGS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031263328     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1997.tb00516.x     Document Type: Article

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