PC-Fix and local infection resistance - Influence of implant design on postoperative infection development, clinical and experimental results

Injury

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.2, 2001, Pages

  Eijer, H ^a,b   Hauke, C ^a,c   Arens, S ^a,d   Printzen, G ^a,e   Schlegel, U ^a   Perren, S M ^a  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DCP; Implant design; Infection resistance; LC DCP; PC Fix

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULNA FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; RADIUS FRACTURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ULNA FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 10644286684     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(01)00124-3     Document Type: Article

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