Mechanical comparison of 3.5 mm broad dynamic compression plate, broad limited-contact dynamic compression plate, and narrow locking compression plate systems using interfragmentary gap models

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 663-673

  Uhl, Justin M ^a   Seguin, Bernard ^a,b   Kapatkin, Amy S ^a   Schulz, Kurt S ^a,c   Garcia, Tanya C ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Burlington Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 52949098800     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2008.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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