Biomechanical comparison of a new expandable intramedullary nail and conventional intramedullary nails for femoral osteosynthesis in dogs

• T. Plenert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• G. Garlichs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• I. Nolte ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ingo.Nolte@tiho-hannover.de

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• L. Harder,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• M. Hootak,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Forming Technology and Machines, Leibniz University Hannover, Garbsen, Germany

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• S. Kramer,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• B.-A. Behrens,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Forming Technology and Machines, Leibniz University Hannover, Garbsen, Germany

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• J.-P. Bach

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-5607

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