Improved healing by adjuvant osteoconductive therapy using a novel cotton-like hydroxyapatite sheet after median sternotomy.
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DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.10.018
Abstract: The union rate of wire fixation after median sternotomy remains unsatisfactory. We developed a novel osteoconductive sheet composed of hydrophilized hydroxyapatite, and evaluated its osteogenetic effect when interposed between sternal halves in a canine model.… read more here.
Keywords: osteoconductive therapy; therapy using; adjuvant osteoconductive; group ... See more keywords