Degradation of and intraosseous reactions to biodegradable poly-L-lactide screws: A study in minipigs

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Fuchs, M ^a   Koster G ^b   Krause, T ^a   Merten, H A ^a   Schmid, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOMATERIAL; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPSY; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; DEGRADATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTOME; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; STAIN; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE AND BONES; BONE SCREWS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 0032431428     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050334     Document Type: Article

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