How i do it: Use of polypropylene mesh to stabilize skeletal reconstructions after resection for bone tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-160

  Puri, Ajay ^a   Agarwal, Manish ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bone tumor resection; Endoprosthesis; Mesh

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TUMOR; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33846918199     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20595     Document Type: Article

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