Biodegradable pin fixation of osteochondral fragments of the knee

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 322, Issue , 1996, Pages 166-173

  Matsusue, Yoshitaka ^a,d   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Shigeo ^b   Iwasaki, Renpei ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PATELLA FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030044711     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199601000-00021     Document Type: Article

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