The use of a biodegradable, load-bearing scaffold as a carrier for antibiotics in an infected open fracture model

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 587-591

  Stewart, Rena L ^a   Cox, Joseph T ^a   Volgas, David ^a   Stannard, James ^b   Duffy, Lynn ^c   Waites, Ken B ^c   Chu, Tien Min ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradable scaffold; local antibiotics; open fracture; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG CARRIERS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; GENTAMICINS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956236405     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181ed1349     Document Type: Article

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