Enhancing screw stability in osteosynthesis with hydroxyapatite granules

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-176

  Hasegawa, K ^a   Yamamura, S ^a   Dohmae, Y ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031939114     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050223     Document Type: Article

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