Biodegradable Mini Plate and Screw: A Secure Method for Internal Fixation of Symphysis Pubis in Animal Model of Pubic Diastasis

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 676-681

  Elmi, Azadeh ^a   Kajbafzadeh, Abdol Mohammad ^a   Sadeghi, Zhina ^a   Tanhaeivash, Roozbeh ^a   Mirzadeh, Hamid ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; BONE GROWTH; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SUTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE REACTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOATS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS;

EID: 77649192572     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.04.094     Document Type: Article

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