Drug-eluting Ti wires with titania nanotube arrays for bone fixation and reduced bone infection

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Gulati, Karan ^a   Aw, Moom Sinn ^a   Losic, Dusan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone fixation; Bone infection; Gentamicin; Kirschner wires; Titania nanotubes; Titanium wires

Indexed keywords

BONE FIXATION; BONE INFECTION; GENTAMICIN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; TITANIA NANOTUBES; TITANIUM WIRES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; FRACTURE; NANOTUBES; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIRE;

BONE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856049833     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-571     Document Type: Article

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