Holding power of different pin designs and pin insertion methods in avian cortical bone

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-306

  Degernes, Laurel A ^a   Roe, Simon C ^b   Abrams Jr , C Frank ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BONE NAIL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMERUS; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TARSAL BONE; TIBIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMERUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TARSAL BONES; TIBIA;

EID: 0032116884     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00131.x     Document Type: Article

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