Infection in fracture fixation: Can we influence infection rates through implant design?

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1031-1035

  Moriarty, T Fintan ^a   Schlegel, U ^a   Perren, S ^a   Richards, R Geoff ^a,b  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL STUDIES; BIOFILM FORMATION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COLONISATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DESIGN FACTORS; DEVICE SIZES; IMPLANT DESIGN; INFECTION RATES; MODE OF ACTION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

FRACTURE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; IMPLANT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOMATERIAL;

EID: 77951252125     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-009-3907-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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