Treatment of osteomyelitis with a biodegradable antibiotic implant

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 341, Issue , 1997, Pages 206-214

  Calhoun, Jason H ^a,b   Mader, Jon T ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEBRIDEMENT; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030879089     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199708000-00030     Document Type: Article

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