Implantable electrical bone stimulation for arthrodeses of the foot and ankle in high-risk patients: A multicenter study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 450-454

  Saxena, Amol ^a   DiDomenico, Lawrence A ^b   Widtfeldt, Arthur ^a   Adams, Todd ^c   Kim, Will ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Beeghly Medical Park   (United States)

^c Northside Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Arthrodesis; Electrical bone stimulation; Foot; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPLANTATION; JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SMOKING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT JOINTS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 27644503601     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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