Efficacy of minimally invasive techniques for enhancement of fracture healing: Evidence today

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Pountos, Ippokratis ^a   Georgouli, Theodora ^a   Kontakis, George ^b   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; GROWTH FACTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MATRIX; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MEDLINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949907833     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0892-0     Document Type: Review

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