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The use of gentamicin-coated nails in the tibia: preliminary results of a prospective study

BACKGROUND: The use of antibiotic-coated implants may reduce the rate of infection and facilitate fracture healing after surgical treatment of tibial shaft fractures. A new biodegradable gentamicin-loaded coating of an implant (UTN PROtect(®)) was CE-certified in August 2005. In this prospective, no...

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Autores principales: Fuchs, Thomas, Stange, Richard, Schmidmaier, Gerhard, Raschke, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21617934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-011-1321-6

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