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Mechanical characteristics of three staples commonly used in foot surgery

BACKGROUND: Bone staples are an accepted method of fixation in foot surgery. They reduce operating time and trauma in surgical procedures. A variety of memory staples are available but their properties compared to standard staples are not known. We carried out a study comparing two popular types of...

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Autores principales: Rethnam, Ulfin, Kuiper, Jan, Makwana, Nilesh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19243628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-2-5