Effects of altered crystalline structure and increased initial compressive strength of calcium sulfate bone graft substitute pellets on new bone formation

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Urban, Robert M ^a   Turner, Thomas M ^a   Hall, Deborah J ^a   Infanger, Susan I ^a   Cheema, Naveed ^a   Lim, Tae Hong ^a   Moseley, Jon ^b   Carroll, Michael ^b   Roark, Michael ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOG; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM SULFATE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOGS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOGENESIS;

EID: 0742271677     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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