Preliminary experience with biodegradable implants for fracture fixation

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-322

  Dhillon, Mandeep ^a,b   Prabhakar, Sharad ^a   Prasanna, Chandiralingam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biodegradable implants; Fractures; Surgeon confidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 47849123487     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.41856     Document Type: Article

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