Creating Rigidly Stabilized Fractures for Assessing Intramembranous Ossification, Distraction Osteogenesis, or Healing of Critical Sized Defects
Title:
Creating Rigidly Stabilized Fractures for Assessing Intramembranous Ossification, Distraction Osteogenesis, or Healing of Critical Sized Defects
Author:
Yu, Yan-yiu
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (455 seconds)
Series:
Medicine
General Note:
Title from resource description page
Abstract:
This article describes a method for stabilizing long bone fractures that is based on the application of modified Ilizarov external fixators 1-3. After application of the fixators and creation of the bone injury, healing can be assessed, distraction osteogenesis can be performed, or non-union or critical sized defect can be created and used to study therapeutic interventions.
Reading Level:
For undergraduate, graduate, and professional students
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/3552