Prevention of heterotopic ossification after total hip replacement. A prospective randomised study using acetylsalicyclic acid indomethacin and fractional or single-dose irradiation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 596-602

  Knelles, D ^a   Barthel, T ^a   Karrer, A ^a   Kraus, U ^a   Eulert, J ^a   Kolbl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030845513     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B4.6829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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