Managing Atrophic Nonunion in the Geriatric Population: Incidence, Distribution, and Causes

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-256

  Hobby, Bryon ^a   Lee, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Etiology; Incidence; Nonunion; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; VITAMIN D;

AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL AGING; CELL FUNCTION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOSTEUM; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ATROPHY; BONE SUBSTITUTES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PERIOSTEUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84876741848     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2013.01.011     Document Type: Review

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