Adjustable Stiffness, External Fixator for the Rat Femur Osteotomy and Segmental Bone Defect Models
Title:
Adjustable Stiffness, External Fixator for the Rat Femur Osteotomy and Segmental Bone Defect Models
Author:
Glatt, Vaida
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (609 seconds)
Series:
Medicine
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
One constraint of preclinical research in the field of bone repair is the lack of experimental control over the local mechanical environment within a healing bone lesion. We report the design and use of an external fixator for bone repair with the ability to change fixator stiffness in vivo.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/51558