Long-term tissue response to bioabsorbable poly-l-lactide and metallic screws: An experimental study

Bone

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 932-937

  Pihlajamäki, Harri ^a   Böstman, Ole ^b   Tynninen, Olli ^b   Laitinen, Outi ^c  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable implants; Biocompatibility; Biodegradation; Poly l lactide; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

METAL; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOID; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE REACTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MALE; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POLYESTERS; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748138100     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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