Bone mineral density in fractures treated with absorbable or metallic implants

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-55

  Juutilainen, T ^a,b   Hirvensalo, E ^a   Majola, A ^a   Partio, E K ^a   Patiala H ^a   Rokkanen, P ^a   Kinnunen, J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

ABSORBABLE FIXATION DEVICES; BIODEGRADATION; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; FRACTURE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; BONE SCREW; DEVICE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOTOMY;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 0030997635     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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