The electrical enhancement of periosteal proliferation in normal and delayed fracture healing.
Normal fracture healing in long bones is a poorly defined process which to a great extent is dependent on periosteal response to injury. When this normally effective mechanism fails, electrical enhancement may prove an effective adjunct and less morbid solution than standard bone grafting procedures for periosteal reactivation.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000628:therapy; D014945:Wound Healing