Long-term results of wrist arthrodeses fixed with self-reinforced polylevolactic acid implants in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 149-153

  Voutilainen, Nina H ^a   Pätiälä, Hannu V J ^a   Juutilainen, Timo J E ^a   Rokkanen, Pentti U ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable fixation; Long term; Rheumatoid arthritis; SR PLLA rod; Wrist arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST DISEASE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0035001163     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097401300162914     Document Type: Article

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