Indometacin as prophylaxis for heterotopic ossification after the operative treatment of fractures of the acetabulum

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1613-1617

  Karunakar, M A ^a   Sen, A ^a   Bosse, M J ^b   Sims, S H ^b   Goulet, J A ^a   Kellam, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; PLACEBO;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; ULCER PERFORATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845743556     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.18151     Document Type: Article

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