Mechanical evaluation of bone gap filled with rigid formulations castor oil polyurethane and chitosan in horses

ABSTRACT: Often fractures of long bones in horses are comminuted and form bone gaps, which represent a major challenge for the fixation of these fractures by loss of contact between the fragments. Bone grafts help in treating this kind of fracture and synthetic materials have been gaining ground bec...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Crispim Moreira, Guilherme Maia Mulder Van De Graaf, César Augusto Pereira, André Luis do Valle De Zoppa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001202182&lng=en&tlng=en