Ten years' experience with a pyrocarbon prosthesis replacing the proximal interphalangeal joint. A prospective clinical and radiographic follow-up

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 587-595

  Tagil M ^a   Geijer, M ^b   Abramo, A ^b   Kopylov, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; DASH; PIP; prosthetic migration; pyrocarbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINGER ARTHROPLASTY; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, FINGER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84902649145     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193413479527     Document Type: Review

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