Pharmacological agents and impairment of fracture healing: What is the evidence?

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-394

  Pountos, Ippokratis ^a   Georgouli, Theodora ^a   Blokhuis, Taco J ^b   Pape, Hans Chistoph ^c   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Inhibition; Pharmacological agents

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUSULFAN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICOUMAROL; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETODOLAC; ETOPOSIDE; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; INDOMETACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TROVAFLOXACIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

BONE METABOLISM; BONE REGENERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 40649084758     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.10.035     Document Type: Review

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