A single dose zoledronic acid enhances pin fixation in high tibial osteotomy using the hemicallotasis technique. A double-blind placebo controlled randomized study in 46 patients

Bone

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Harding, Anna Kajsa ^a   Toksvig Larsen, Sören ^b   Tägil, Magnus ^a   W Dahl, Annette ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hässleholm Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External fixator; Osteoarthrit; Pin fixation; Tibial osteotomy; Zoledronic acid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; HYDROXYAPATITE; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TORQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; PROCEDURES; TIBIA;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIPHOSPHONATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; TIBIA;

EID: 77649188316     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.10.040     Document Type: Article

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