The use of implantable bone stimulators in nonunion treatment

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hughes, Michael S ^a   Anglen, Jeffrey O ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONG BONE; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949293068     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100129-15     Document Type: Article

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