Clinical advances in the treatment of fracture nonunion: The response to mechanical stimulation

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 372-377

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c FRCSC   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; CYTOKINE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SMOKING; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0033794808     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200010000-00008     Document Type: Article

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