Polyurethane versus silicone for endoprosthetic replacement of the metacarpophalangeal joints in rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Sollerman, Christer J ^a   Geijer, Mats ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endoprosthesis; Implant surgery; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOLYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLEROSIS; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SYNOVITIS; TIME;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POLYURETHANES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 1542635193     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02844319609056397     Document Type: Article

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