Effect of a supplemental plate on the stiffness of a type I external fixator

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-137

  Norris, Jana L ^a,b   Kraus, Karl H ^a   O'Leary, James P ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 0036511502     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.31042     Document Type: Article

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