Biodegradation of Inion fast-absorbing biodegradable plates and screws

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 748-756

  Losken, H Wolfgang ^a,c   Van Aalst, John A ^a   Mooney, Mark P ^b   Godfrey, Virginia L ^c   Burt, Tripti ^d   Teotia, Sumeet ^a   Dean, Shay B ^d   Moss, Jonathan R ^e   Rahbar, Reza ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Vanderbilt University Medical Center ^*

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable plates and screws; Poly L lactic acid; Polyglycolic acid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; FRONTAL BONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE FRACTURE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKULL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; RABBITS; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44649117555     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31816aab24     Document Type: Article

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