The Rigidyne external fixator system

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-220

  Pohl, Anthony Philip ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamization; External fixation; Military; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; CALLUS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; LEG LENGTHENING; LONG BONE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0036627379     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200206000-00010     Document Type: Review

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