Microporous polysaccharide hemospheres do not inhibit bone healing compared to bone wax or microfibrillar collagen

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Ereth, Mark ^a   Sibonga, Jean ^b   Oliver, William ^a   Nuttall, Gregory ^a   Henderson, Jennifer ^c   Dekutoski, Mark ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; COLLAGEN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; MICROSPHERE; PALMITIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; WAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FRACTURE HEALING; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FRACTURE HEALING; HEMOSTATICS; MICROSPHERES; PALMITATES; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROSITY; RABBITS; WAXES;

EID: 85046983125     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20080301-10     Document Type: Article

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