Bioabsorbable implants: Review of clinical experience in orthopedic surgery

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 171-177

  Ambrose, Catherine G ^a,b   Clanton, Thomas Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Bioresorbable; Polyglycolic acid; Polyglyconate; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BIORESORBABLE; POLYACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYGLYCONATE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORTHOPEDICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SURGERY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; MAXON; POLYESTER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 2942592481     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000007802.59936.fc     Document Type: Review

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