A biomechanical comparison of headless tapered variable pitch compression and AO cortical bone screws for fixation of a simulated midbody transverse fracture of the proximal sesamoid bone in horses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Eddy, Alison L ^b   Galuppo, Larry D ^a   Stover, Susan M ^b   Taylor, Kenneth T ^b   Jensen, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HORSE; INJURY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SESAMOID BONE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HORSES; MALE; SESAMOID BONES;

EID: 3042664088     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04037.x     Document Type: Article

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