No long-term effects of ultrasound therapy on bioabsorbable screw-fixed lateral malleolar fracture

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Handolin, L ^a   Kiljunen, V ^a   Arnala, I ^b   Kiuru, M J ^a   Pajarinen, Jarkko ^a   Partio, E K ^c   Rokkanen, P ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Dextra Medical Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Bioabsorbable; Bone mineral density; Outcome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 26844523170     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690509400312     Document Type: Article

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