Resorbable poly(d,l)lactide plates and screws for osteosynthesis of condylar neck fractures in sheep

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Rasse, Michael ^a   Moser, Doris ^b   Zahl, Christian ^c   Gerlach, Klaus Louis ^c   Eckelt, Uwe ^d   Loukota, Richard ^e  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbable implants; Animal experiment; Fractures; Mandibular condyle

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATES; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREWS; BONY CALLUS; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYESTERS; SHEEP; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845324811     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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