Osteoarthritis of the ankle after foreign-body reaction to absorbable pins and screws

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-338

  Bostman O M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RISK FACTORS; SYNOVITIS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347623805     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B2.8302     Document Type: Article

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