Treatment of nonunited fractures with capacitively coupled electric field

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  Impagliazzo, Angelo ^a   Mattei, A ^a   Spurio Pompili, G F ^a   Setti, S ^b   Cadossi, R ^b  

^a Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico   (Italy)

^b IGEA R and D   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone growth stimulation; Capacitively coupled electric fields; Endogenous bone repair; Nonunited fractures; Physical stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BRACE; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645848126     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-006-0115-z     Document Type: Article

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