Type-II external fixation, using new clamps and positive-profile threaded pins, for treatment of fractures of the radius and tibia in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1267-1270

  Kraus, Karl H ^a,b   Wotton, Harold M ^b   Boudrieau, Randy J ^a,b   Schwarz, Leslie ^a   Diamond, David ^a   Minihan, Anne ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DOG; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032521928     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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