Prevention of pin tract infection in external stainless steel fixator frames using electric current in a goat model

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2122-2126

  van der Borden, Arnout J ^a   Maathuis, Patrick G M ^a   Engels, Eefje ^a   Rakhorst, Gerhard ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Sharma, Prashant Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Bacterial detachment; Electric current; Infection; Reconstructive bone surgery; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FIXTURES (TOOLING); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL DETACHMENT; PIN TRACT INFECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE BONE SURGERY;

ORTHOPEDICS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GOAT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTITIS; PIN SITE CARE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; GOATS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STAINLESS STEEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33846660662     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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