An easily reproducible and biomechanically standardized model to investigate bone healing in rats, using external fixation

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 383-390

  Kaspar, Katharina ^a   Schell, Hanna ^a   Toben, Daniel ^a   Matziolis, Georg ^a   Bail, Hermann J ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Femur; Osteotomy; Rotation and axial stability; Small animal model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOLOGY; RATS;

AXIAL STABILITY; BONE HEALING; OSTEOTOMY; SMALL ANIMAL MODELS;

BONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CONDUCTION; BONE REGENERATION; CALLUS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PERIOSTEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REGENERATION; BONY CALLUS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMUR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOTOMY; PERIOSTEUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 36749075662     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2007.063     Document Type: Article

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