Are circular external fixators weakened by the use of hemispheric washers?

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-374

  Marcellin Little, Denis J ^a   Roe, Simon C ^b   Rovesti, Gian Luca ^b   Bosio, Alessandro ^b   Ferretti, Antonio ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; MATERIALS TESTING; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036654099     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.33604     Document Type: Article

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