Graded exchange reaming and nailing of non-unions. Strength and mineralisation in rat femoral bone

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Utvag S E ^a   Grundnes, O ^b   Reikeras O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; X RAY FILM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DIAPHYSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032443709     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050300     Document Type: Article

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