Does indomethacin reduce heterotopic bone formation after operations for acetabular fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 959-963

  Matta, J M ^a,b   Siebenrock, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIME; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030671456     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.6889     Document Type: Article

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