Mechanical evaluation of pin and tension-band wire factors in an olecranon osteotomy model

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-405

  Neat, Benjamin C ^a   Kowaleski, Michael P ^b   Litsky, Alan S ^b   Boudrieau, Randy J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DOG; EVALUATION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE WIRES; DOGS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33744495757     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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