Mechanical flexural ex vivo study of osteotomized swine femurs stabilized with two types of polyamide 12 rods

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Mechanical flexural ex vivo study of osteotomized swine femurs stabilized with two types of polyamide 12 rods.Ciência Rural, v.47, n.8, 2017. INTRODUCTIONLong bone fracture is one of the main orthopaedic conditions in Veterinary Medicine, with femur fractures representing 20 to 25% of all long bone fractures in cats and dogs. Unfortunately, there is currently no stabilization method that can be applied to all types of long bone fractures but every procedure has its pros and cons (DIAS, 2006 CLINIC AND SURGERY