Foreign body reaction associated with artelon: Report of three cases

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-120

  Robinson, Paul M ^a   Muir, Lindsay T ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artelon; carpometacarpal joint; osteoarthritis; thumb; trapeziometacarpal joint

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT IMPLANT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TENDONS; TRAPEZIUM BONE;

EID: 78650732482     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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