Treatment strategies in thoracolumbar vertebral fractures: Are there indications for biomaterials?

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Kraus, Ralf ^a   Stahl, Jens Peter ^a   Schnettler, Reinhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Spine; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROXYAPATITE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; POLY(ORTHO ESTER); POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSORPTION; BONE GRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CANCELLOUS BONE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SPINE SURGERY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 33746402961     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-006-6014-4     Document Type: Article

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