Stability with unilateral external fixation in the tibia

Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-20

  Giotakis, N ^a   Narayan, B ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; External fixation; Fracture; Stability; Tibia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249866550     PISSN: 18288936     EISSN: 18288928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11751-007-0011-y     Document Type: Review

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