Animal models to assess the local and systemic effects of nailing: Review of the literature and considerations for future studies

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1495-1506

  Hildebrand, Frank ^a   Andruszkow, Hagen ^a   Barkatali, Bilal M ^b   Pfeifer, Roman ^a   Lichte, Philipp ^a   Kobbe, Philipp ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

intramedullary stabilization; local effects; Long bone fracture; reaming; systemic effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CALLUS; CORTICAL BONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUNG CONTUSION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC REAMER; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; REAMED NAILING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TIBIA FRACTURE; UNREAMED NAILING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902008335     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000236     Document Type: Article

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