Usefulness of bioabsorbable thread pins after resection arthroplasty for rheumatoid forefoot reconstruction

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 496-502

  Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Hirose, Kazuya ^a,b   Sakahashi, Hisashi ^a,b   Ishima, Takumi ^a,b   Ishii, Seiichi ^a,c  

^a Gorinbashi Hospitals ^*

^b Sapporo Medical University   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioabsorbable Pin; Forefoot Reconstruction; Kirschner Wire; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Silicone Implant

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; SILASTIC; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY SCALE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOABSORBABLE THREAD PIN; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT SURGERY; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; ISCHEMIA; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESECTION ARTHROPLASTY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID FOREFEET; SCORING SYSTEM; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SUBLUXATION; SYNOVITIS; WIRE TRACK INFECTION;

EID: 4143120336     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070402500709     Document Type: Article

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