Treatment of long bone defects and non-unions: From research to clinical practice

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-519

  Berner, Arne ^a,b   Reichert, Johannes C ^c   Müller, Michael B ^a   Zellner, Johannes ^a   Pfeifer, Christian ^a   Dienstknecht, Thomas ^a   Nerlich, Michael ^a   Sommerville, Scott ^d   Dickinson, Ian C ^d   Schütz, Michael A ^b   Füchtmeier, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Bone tissue engineering; Clinical studies; Orthopaedic research

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; GROWTH FACTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG BONE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859430174     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1184-8     Document Type: Review

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