The use of biodegradables in the treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee: Fiction or future?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-181

  Wouters, D B ^a,b   Van Horn, J R ^b   Bos, R R M ^b  

^a CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BONE SCREW; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037697687     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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