Foreign body giant cell reaction to polytetrafluoroethylene used as interposition material in scaphoid-trapezium arthroplasty

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Udeshi, M ^a   Bangash, H ^a,b   Gagliardi, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Degenerative; Foreign body; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID TRAPEZIUM JOINT; THUMB;

ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SCAPHOID BONE; THUMB; TRAPEZIUM BONE;

EID: 33744734072     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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