Is the etiology of pretibial cyst formation after absorbable interference screw use related to a foreign body reaction?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1082-1088

  Gonzalez Lomas, Guillem ^a   Cassilly, Ryan T ^a   Remotti, Fabrizio ^b   Levine, William N ^a  

^a Center for Shoulder Elbow and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE CYST; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; FOREIGN BODY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENDON; TIBIA; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNOVIAL CYST; TENDONS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955876697     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1580-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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