Bone graft substitutes currently available in orthopaedic practice: The evidence for their use

Bone and Joint Journal

Volumn 95 B, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-597

  Kurien, T ^a   Pearson, R G ^a   Scammell, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE INJURY; BONE MATRIX; BONE PROSTHESIS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CRANIAL BURR; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; EMBASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FACE SURGERY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MEDLINE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEER REVIEW; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORAX SURGERY; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 84877852536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20494408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B5.30286     Document Type: Review

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