The effect of concentrated bone marrow aspirate in operative treatment of fifth metatarsal stress fractures; a double-blind randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Fifth metatarsal (MT-V) stress fractures often exhibit delayed union and are high-risk fractures for non-union. Surgical treatment, currently considered as the gold standard, does not give optimal results, with a mean time to fracture union of 12-18 weeks. In recent studies, the use of b...

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Published in:BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Main Authors: Weel, Hanneke, Mallee, Wouter H., van Dijk, C. Niek, Blankevoort, Leendert, Goedegebuure, Simon, Goslings, J. Carel, Kennedy, John G., Kerkhoffs, Gino M. M. J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546041/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26290323
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0649-4
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