The use of a resorbable augmentation device to secure plating of osteoporotic bones. An in vitro study

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 217-222

  Mainil Varlet, P ^a,b   Cordey, J ^a   Landolt, M ^a   Gogolewski, S ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; DEVICE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE CEMENTS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 0030686575     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050154     Document Type: Article

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