Osteosynthesis in digital replantation using bioabsorbable rods

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-353

  Arata, Jun ^a   Ishikawa, Kozo ^b   Sawabe, Kazuma ^a   Soeda, Haruo ^a   Kitayama, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Kyowa Hospital   (Japan)

^b OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FINGER INJURY; FINGER REPLANTATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHALANX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; REPLANTATION;

EID: 0037381466     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000041482.24205.D7     Document Type: Article

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