Mechanical stability in a human radius fracture treated with a novel tissue-engineered bone substitute: A non-invasive, longitudinal assessment using high-resolution pQCT in combination with finite element analysis

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Mueller, Thomas L ^a   Wirth, Andreas J ^a   van Lenthe, G Harry ^a   Goldhahn, Joerg ^b   Schense, Jason ^c   Jamieson, Virginia ^c   Messmer, Peter ^d   Uebelhart, Daniel ^d   Weishaupt, Dominik ^d   Egermann, Marcus ^d   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c Kuros Biosurgery AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Bone graft substitute; Finite element method; Fracture healing; Parathyroid hormone; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STABILITY; ORTHOPEDICS; STIFFNESS;

BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES; BONE HEALING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; FRACTURE HEALING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN RADIUS; IN-VIVO; PARATHYROID HORMONES; PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79954605077     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.325     Document Type: Article

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