Physeal response to absorbable polydioxanone bone pins in growing rabbits

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Cady, Robert B ^a,e   Siegel, Joshua A ^b   Mathien, Gregory ^c   Spadaro, Joseph A ^a   Chase, Sharon E ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Access Sports Med and Orthopedics   (United States)

^c Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbable pin; Biocompatibility; Bone growth; Pediatric fracture; Physis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIPLANAR RADIOGRAPHS; BONE LENGTH MEASUREMENT; BONE PIN; HISTOLOGY; PEDIATRIC FRACTURE; PHYSEAL RESPONSE; POLYDIOXANONE;

FRACTURE FIXATION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; FRACTURE; GROWTH PLATE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; BONE SUBSTITUTES; POLYDIOXANONE; RABBITS;

EID: 0033011091     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:3<211::AID-JBM2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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