Comparison of cyclic compression, cyclic distraction and rigid fixation: Bone healing in rabbits

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-98

  Matsushita, Takashi ^a   Kurokawa, Takahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 0031881359     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809002365     Document Type: Article

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