A pilot study of short- and long-term sequelae to rigid fixation across metacarpal physes in a baboon model

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-43

  Opperman, Lynne A ^a   Drake, David B ^b,c   Kang, Pei ^a   Nakeeb, Shaheen M ^d   Gammas, Mamon ^d   Morgan, Raymond F ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METACARPAL BONE; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033957225     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044010-00007     Document Type: Article

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