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Behavior of bioactive glass-ceramic implanted into long bone defects: a scintigraphic study

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2010

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the long-term behavior and incorporation of the bioactive oxyhydroxyapatite glass-ceramic used to fill defects of long bones after curettage of bone cysts in 17 patients. The method of evaluation was a three-phase bone scintigraphy combined with radiographic and clinical evaluation.