Clinical and histomorphometrical study on titanium dioxide-coated external fixation pins

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 593-599

  Koseki, Hironobu ^a   Asahara, Tomohiko ^a   Shida, Takayuki ^a   Yoda, Itaru ^a   Horiuchi, Hidehiko ^a   Baba, Koumei ^b   Osaki, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bactericidal activity; External fixation; Staphylococcus aureus; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BONE IMPLANT; BONE INFECTION; BONE TISSUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; EXTERNAL FIXATION PIN; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERIAL COATING; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; EXTERNAL FIXATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84873669819     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S39201     Document Type: Article

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