title: Osteogenic capacity of vascularised periosteum: experimental study using rib periosteum in rabbits.
abstract: The osteogenic capacity of vascularised periosteum was investigated in rabbits using island rib periosteum nourished by intercostal vessels as an experimental model. Twenty-three adult white female rabbits were used. Excellent bone formation was observed after 2 postoperative weeks in each case. In the early stages of bone formation, extensive chondral ossification was observed. Newly formed bone became mature after 4 to 8 postoperative weeks, on histological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsuka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D005260:Female; D010012:Osteogenesis; D010521:Periosteum / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D011817:Rabbits; D012272:Ribs; D013524:Surgical Flaps