Development and Characterization of a Standard Closed Tibial Fracture Model in the Rat

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Schmidmaier, Gerhard ^a   Wildemann, Britt ^a   Melis, Björn ^a   Krummrey, Gezt ^a   Einhorn, Thomas A ^b   Haas, Norbert P ^a   Raschke, Michael ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture healing; Histomorphometry; Radiology; Rat animal model; Torsional testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; CALLUS; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 1542358870     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-004-1322-z     Document Type: Article

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