Early experience with biodegradable implants in pediatric patients

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 467, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1591-1598

  Mavrogenis, Andreas F ^a   Kanellopoulos, Anastasios D ^a   Nomikos, George N ^a   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID; TRIMETHYLENECARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYMER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM; WOUND HEALING; ARM; FOLLOW UP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 66349084735     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0537-4     Document Type: Article

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