A comparison of the accuracy and safety of vertebral body pin placement using a fluoroscopically guided versus an open surgical approach: An in vitro study

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 468-474

  Wheeler, Jason L ^a   Cross, Alan R ^a   Rapoff, Andrew J ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036717791     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.33616     Document Type: Article

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