Resorbable rods and screws for the fixation of ankle fractures. A prospective randomized clinical trial;Resorbierbare Stabe und Schrauben zur Fixierung yon Knochelfrakturen. Eine randomisierte klinische Prospektivstudie

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 377-381

  Springer, M A ^a   Van Binsbergen, E A ^a   Patka, P ^a   Bakker, F C ^a   Haarman, H J T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Biofix; PLLA; Sterile sinus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE NAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032064576     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001130050283     Document Type: Article

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