Use of titanium cages with cancellous bone graft in hind foot fusion: Literature review and case reports with complications

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Panchbhavi, V K ^a   Trevino, S G ^b  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arthrodesis; Titanium cage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOPSY; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; LONG BONE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 0141565589     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1268-7731(03)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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