External adjuncts to enhance fracture healing: What is the role of ultrasound?

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1095-1105

  Siska, Peter A ^a   Gruen, Gary S ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute fracture; Bone stimulator; Callus; Fracture healing; Nonunion; Osteogenesis; Smoking; Ultrasound; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTHRODESIS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSSIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; TIBIA FRACTURE; ULTRASOUND;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 50249095071     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.015     Document Type: Review

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