Biodegradable implants versus standard metal fixation for displaced radial head fractures. A prospective, randomized, multicenter study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-485

  Helling, Hanns Joachim ^a   Prokop, Axel ^a   Schmid, Hans Ulrich ^b   Nagel, Michael ^c   Lilienthal, Jürgen ^d   Rehm, Klaus Emil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Biovision   (Germany)

^d Datamap   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; POLYLACTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 33745747905     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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