Telemetric assessment of bone healing with an instrumented internal fixator: A preliminary study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 398-404

  Seide, K ^a   Aljudaibi, M ^a   Weinrich, N ^a   Kowald, B ^a   Jurgens C ^a   Muller J ^a,b   Faschingbauer, M ^a  

^a BG Trauma Hospital Hamburg   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857830697     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B3.27550     Document Type: Article

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