Rigid or sliding plate: A mechanical evaluation of osteotomy fixation in sheep

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 358, Issue , 1999, Pages 244-249

  Panagiotopoulos, Elias ^a   Fortis, Athanasios P ^a   Lambiris, Elias ^a   Kostopoulos, Vassilis ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032952987     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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