Impaired wound-healing, local eczema, and chronic inflammation following titanium osteosynthesis in a nickel and cobalt-allergic patient: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Thomas, Peter ^a   Thomas, Manfred ^b   Summer, Burkhard ^a   Dietrich, Karin ^a   Zauzig, Melanie ^c   Steinhauser, Erwin ^c   Krenn, Veit ^d   Arnholdt, Hans ^e   Flaig, Michael J ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hessingpark Clinic   (Germany)

^c MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Institute for Histology Cytology and Molecular Diagnostics   (Germany)

^e City Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; COBALT CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; NICKEL SULFATE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; COBALT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATCH TEST; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SUTURE REMOVAL; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79961090764     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00317     Document Type: Article

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