Use of a synthetic bone void filler to augment screws in osteopenic ankle fracture fixation

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-165

  Andreassen, Geir Stray ^a   Høiness, Per Reidar ^a   Skraamm, Inge ^b   Granlund, Odd ^b   Engebretsen, Lars ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Bone screw augmentation; New bone cement; Osteopenic bone

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FILLER;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; BISPHENOL A-GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BONE SCREWS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342429310     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0642-0     Document Type: Article

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