Spontaneous healing of large femoral cortical bone defects: Does genetic predisposition play a role?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Hinsche, Andreas F ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a   Matthews, Stuart E ^a   Smith, Raymond M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE INJURY; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242390428     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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