Long-Term Study of High-Strength Hydroxyapatite/Poly(L-Lactide) Composite Rods for the Internal Fixation of Bone Fractures: A 2-4-Year Follow-Up Study in Rabbits

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 539-547

  Ishii, Shinsuke ^a   Tamura, Jiro ^a   Furukawa, Taizo ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Matsusue, Yoshitaka ^b   Shikinami, Yasuo ^c   Okuno, Masaki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Takiron Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composites; Hydroxyapatite; Internal fixation; Long term animal study; Poly(L lactide)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BONE; ENCAPSULATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INFILTRATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

SURFACE COLLAPSE;

HYDROXYAPATITE;

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE GROWTH; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTIOCYTE; IMPLANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRABECULAR BONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0345601054     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10027     Document Type: Article

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