Percutaneous bone-marrow grafting of osteotomies and bony defects in rabbits.
The effects of percutaneous bone-marrow grafting done on the fifth day after osteotomies and induced defects of the shaft of the radius were studied in 41 adult rabbits. At 2 and 3 weeks, the callus volume was larger in the grafted radii than in the controls. Serial radiographs and gross and histologic findings confirmed that percutaneous bone-marrow grafting improved healing of osteotomies and defects at 4 weeks.
Sharma
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Department of Orthopedics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Garg
N K
NK
Veliath
A J
AJ
Subramanian
S
S
Srivastava
K K
KK
D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous