Efficacy of a porous-structured titanium subdermal barrier for preventing infection in percutaneous osseointegrated prostheses

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1304-1311

  Jeyapalina, Sujee ^a,b   Beck, James Peter ^a,b   Bachus, Kent N ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Dustin L ^a,b,d   Bloebaum, Roy D ^a,b,d  

^a Salt Lake City Hlth Care S   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

direct skeletal attachment; infection; percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis; porous coating; sheep amputation model

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POROUS STRUCTURED TITANIUM SUBDERMAL BARRIER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS OSSEOINTEGRATED PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; FORELIMB; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSSEOINTEGRATION; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SKIN; TITANIUM; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84862755018     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22081     Document Type: Article

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