Preliminary results of tibial bone transports with pulsed low intensity ultrasound (Exogen™)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-16

  Gold, Stuart M ^a   Wasserman, Rebecca ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone transport; Ilizarov; Low intensity pulsed ultrasound; Non union; Tibial segmental defects

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METAPHYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE REGENERATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 14644396252     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200501000-00003     Document Type: Article

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