Hydroxyapatite-coated pins versus titanium alloy pins in external fixation at the wrist: A controlled cohort study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 845-851

  Pieske, Oliver ^a   Pichlmaier, Leopold ^a   Kaltenhauser, Felicitas ^a   Schramm, Nicolai ^a   Rubenbauer, Bianka ^a   Greiner, Axel ^a   Piltz, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complication; External fixation; Hydroxyapatite; Pin track; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYAPATITE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ERYTHEMA; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; PAIN; PIN SITE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOYS; BONE NAILS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DURAPATITE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954997191     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e97761     Document Type: Article

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