Biodegradable implants in maxillo-facial: Experimental and clinical experience

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Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages 4-16

  Gutwald, R ^b   Schon R ^a,b   Gellrich, N C ^a,b   Schramm, A ^a,b   Schmelzeisen, R ^a,b   Pistner, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biodegradation; Osteosynthesis; Polylactides

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE STRENGTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; GRINDING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MATERIAL STATE; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE PREPARATION; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036345730     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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