Clinical experience with a new fast-resorbing polymer for bone stabilization in craniofacial surgery

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-43

  Cohen, Steven R ^a,b,d   Mittermiller, Paul A ^c   Holmes, Ralph E ^a,b   Broder, Kevin W ^b  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ENCEPHALOCELE; ESTHETICS; FACIAL BONE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HYPERTELORISM; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; SKULL TUMOR; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; ENCEPHALOCELE; ESTHETICS; FACIAL BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LACTIC ACID; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SKULL NEOPLASMS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33645830518     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000200411.22583.4e     Document Type: Article

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