Prevention of infection in external fixator pin sites

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 595-603

  Jennison, T ^a   McNally, M ^a   Pandit, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic coatings; Bacterial adhesion; Biofilms; External fixation; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; COPPER ALLOYS; HYDROXYAPATITE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORTHOPEDICS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

'CURRENT; ANTIBIOTIC COATING; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EXTERNAL FIXATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HOST DEFENSE; OSTEOINTEGRATION; PLANKTONIC BACTERIA; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOFILMS;

ALLOY; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHITOSAN; CHLORHEXIDINE; COPPER; HYDROXYAPATITE; IODINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BONE PIN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTIBIOTIC COATINGS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; EXTERNAL FIXATION; ORTHOPAEDICS;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896549039     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.09.019     Document Type: Review

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