Infections after bone allograft surgery: A prospective study by a hospital bone bank using frozen femoral heads from living donors

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Kappe, Thomas ^a   Cakir, Balkan ^a   Mattes, Thomas ^a   Reichel, Heiko ^a   Flören, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allogenic bone; Allograft transplantation; Bone banking; Infection transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMUR HEAD; FREEZING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE AND BONES; BONE BANKS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMUR HEAD; FREEZING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77956825284     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-009-9140-5     Document Type: Article

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