Absorbable polylactide pins versus metallic Kirschner wires in the fixation of cancellous bone osteotomies in rats

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-73

  Viljanen, J ^a,c   Pihlajamaki H ^a   Majola, A ^b   Tormala P ^b   Rokkanen, P ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTS; EXPERIMENTAL OSTEOTOMY; INTERNAL FIXATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; POLYLACTIDE

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CALLUS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IMPLANT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PERIOSTEUM; RAT; WIRE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE WIRES; FEMUR; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; OSTEOTOMY; POLYESTERS; RATS; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031007338     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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