Foreign-Body Reaction to the Artelon CMC Joint Spacer: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1617-1620

  Choung, Edward W ^a   Tan, Virak ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artelon spacer; Basal joint arthritis; foreign body reaction; synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYESTERS; POLYURETHANES; SYNOVITIS; TRAPEZIUM BONE;

EID: 54849411440     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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