title: The effect of an intramedullary biodegradable self-reinforced polyglycolic acid implant on tubular bone. An experimental study on growing dogs.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of intramedullary self-reinforced polyglycolic acid (SR-PGA) implant to the femoral bone growth in a growing dog by using radiographic, microradiographic, oxytetracycline-fluorescence, histological, polariscopical and histomorphometric studies. Intramedullary reaming and SR-PGA implant did not cause any longitudinal overgrowth phenomenon, but resulted in a slight increase in femoral neck-angle. The bone histology showed normal features and blood cell counts were within normal limits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miettinen
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rokkanen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Törmälä
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D011100:Polyglycolic Acid