High-pressure pulsatile lavage irrigation of fresh intraarticular fractures: Effectivenss at removing particulate matter from bone

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 162-165

  Lee, Eric W ^a   Dirschl, D R ^a   Duff, Gregory ^a   Dahners, Laurence E ^a   Miclau, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulb syringe irrigation; Cancellous bone; High pressure pulsatile lavage irrigation; Open fracture; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; METAPHYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGE; TISSUE SECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, OPEN; IRRIGATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; RABBITS; SYRINGES;

EID: 0036199673     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200203000-00004     Document Type: Article

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