PubMed · 1054447
Osteogenesis within polyethylene implants at fracture gaps.
Abstract
Sterile 7 mm. polyethylene implants were implanted in standard 6 mm. bilateral midfibular fracture gaps in thirty rats (sixty defects), and six rats were used as controls with identical bilateral midfibular fracture gaps. Clinical, radiologic, and histologic studies at a 12-week interval revealed osteogenesis at internal and external surfaces of implants resulting in bony union; however, gaps without implants resulted in fibrous union and nonunion.
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R Narang, H Wells. 1975. Osteogenesis within polyethylene implants at fracture gaps.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(75)90220-0
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