Improvement of the bone-pin interface strength in osteoporotic bone with use of hydroxyapatite-coated tapered external-fixation pins: A prospective, randomized clinical study of wrist fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Moroni, Antonio ^a   Faldini, Cesare ^a   Marchetti, Stefano ^b   Manca, Mario ^b   Consoli, Vincenzo ^b   Giannini, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 0000578133     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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