Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for non-union treatment: A 14-case series evaluation

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-57

  Hemery, X ^a   Ohl, X ^a   Saddiki, R ^a   Barresi, L ^a   Dehoux, E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Non invasive; Non union; Pulsed ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79651475079     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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