Absorbable screws through the greater trochanter do not disturb physeal growth. Rabbit experiments

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-276

  Gil Albarova, Jorge ^a,c   Fini, Milena ^b   Gil Albarova, Raúl ^a   Melgosa, Marga ^a   Aldini Nicolo, Nicoli ^b   Giardino, Roberto ^b   Seral, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DRILL; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; RABBIT; TIME;

EID: 0031853921     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809000928     Document Type: Article

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