Bioreconstructive Joint Scaffold Implant Arthroplasty in Metacarpophalangeal Joints: Short-Term Results of a New Treatment Concept in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 957-965

  Honkanen, P B ^a   Kellomaki M ^b   Lehtimaki M Y ^a   Tormala P ^b   Makela S ^a   Lehto, M U K ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Hospital for Joint Replacement   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PAIN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SUBLUXATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY; HUMANS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT;

EID: 0142125878     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107632703322495600     Document Type: Article

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