Plate fixation with hydroxyapatite-coated screws: A comparative loaded study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 408, Issue , 2003, Pages 262-267

  Moroni, Antonio ^a   Faldini, Cesare ^a   Giannini, Sandro ^a   Wippermann, Burkhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 0037335826     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200303000-00035     Document Type: Article

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