Biomechanics of circular external skeletal fixation

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 454-464

  Lewis, Daniel D ^a   Bronson, Dwight G ^a   Samchukov, Mikhail L ^a   Welch, Robert D ^a   Stallings, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; KIRSCHNER WIRE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS;

EID: 0032158815     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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