Development of an in vivo experimental model for percutaneous vertebroplasty in sheep

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Benneker, L M ^a   Gisep, A ^b   Krebs, J ^c   Boger, A ^d   Heini, P F ^e   Boner, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AO Development Institute   (Switzerland)

^c RH realHealth International AG   (Switzerland)

^d ANSBACH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e Klinik Sonnenhof   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Percutaneous vertebroplasty; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PILOT STUDY; SHEEP; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PILOT PROJECTS; SHEEP; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84862265742     PISSN: 09320814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-11-02-0026     Document Type: Article

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