Effects of varying pulsatile lavage pressure on cancellous bone structure and fracture healing

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-266

  Polzin, Britton ^a   Ellis, Thomas ^a   Dirschl, Douglas R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Irrigation pressure; Pulsatile lavage irrigation; Wound irrigation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE HEALING; HIGH PRESSURE PULSATILE LAVAGE PRESSURE; KNEE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOTOMY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; IRRIGATION; OSTEOGENESIS; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748188414     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200604000-00005     Document Type: Article

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