The fracture gap size influences the local vascularization and tissue differentiation in callus healing

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 388, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 316-322

  Claes, Lutz ^a   Eckert Hübner, Kerstin ^a   Augat, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Fracture gap; Revascularization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALLUS; CARTILAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROCARTILAGE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HISTOLOGY; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SHEEP; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONY CALLUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE HEALING; METATARSUS; SHEEP;

EID: 0242569459     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-003-0396-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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