Evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of bioactive glass (S53P4) in the treatment of non-unions of the tibia and femur: study protocol of a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial

Treatment of non-union remains challenging and often necessitates augmentation of the resulting defect with an autologous bone graft (ABG). ABG is limited in quantity and its harvesting incurs an additional surgical intervention leaving the risk for associated complications and morbidities. Therefor...

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Main Authors: Tanner, Michael Christopher (Author) , Heller, Raban (Author) , Westhauser, Fabian (Author) , Miska, Matthias (Author) , Ferbert, Thomas (Author) , Fischer, Christian (Author) , Gantz, Simone (Author) , Schmidmaier, Gerhard (Author) , Haubruck, Patrick (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 30 May 2018
In: Trials
Year: 2018, Volume: 19
ISSN:1468-6694
DOI:10.1186/s13063-018-2681-9
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2681-9
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2681-9
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Author Notes:Michael C. Tanner, Raban Heller, Fabian Westhauser, Matthias Miska, Thomas Ferbert, Christian Fischer, Simone Gantz, Gerhard Schmidmaier and Patrick Haubruck
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Evaluation of the clinical effectiveness of bioactive glass (S53P4) in the treatment of non-unions of the tibia and femur: study protocol of a randomized controlled non-inferiority... by Tanner, Michael Christopher (Author) , Heller, Raban (Author) , Westhauser, Fabian (Author) , Miska, Matthias (Author) , Ferbert, Thomas (Author) , Fischer, Christian (Author) , Gantz, Simone (Author) , Schmidmaier, Gerhard (Author) , Haubruck, Patrick (Author) ,

Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg 04 Jun. 2018 BioMed Central 04 Jun. 2018

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