Clinical outcome of implant removal after fracture healing. Design of a prospective multicentre clinical cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vos, Dagmar I ^a   Verhofstad, Michael Hj ^b   Hanson, Beate ^c   Van Der Graaf, Yolanda ^d   Van Der Werken, Chris ^d  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complaints; Complications; Fracture healing; Fracture surgery; Implant removal; Metal implants; Osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL IMPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOUND INFECTION;

DEVICE REMOVAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; METALS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864957083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-147     Document Type: Article

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