Healing following coronoidotomy in rats.
Coronoidotomies were performed in laboratory rats in order to describe the histological features of the healing process. In all longer-term specimens, the coronoid process reattached to the mandibular ramus by means of intracartilagenous bone formation within 4-6 weeks of surgery. This finding may give some indication of events occurring in humans following coronoidotomy.
Allan
P G
PG
Department of Dental Medicine & Surgery, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Reade
P C
PC
Steidler
N E
NE
D000818:Animals; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing