Tissue restoration after resorption of polyglycolide and poly-laevo-lactic acid screws

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1575-1580

  Bötman, Ole M ^a,d   Laitinen, O M ^b   Tynninen, O ^a   Salminen, S T ^a   Pihlajamaki H K ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REPAIR; TRABECULAR BONE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REGENERATION; BONE SCREWS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS;

EID: 28444439511     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B11.16520     Document Type: Article

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