The use of computed tomography to quantitate bone formation after distraction epiphysiolysis in the rabbit.
A study of limb lengthening by distraction epiphysiolysis in the rabbit tibia is presented. For this purpose a special external distraction device was developed, which allowed 10 mm lengthening of the leg. Bone formation in the distraction zone was quantified by means of computed tomography. Cross-sectional scan planes at 1.5 mm separation revealed bone formation proceeding for several weeks after the end of the distraction period. A period of bone remodeling followed, resulting in the formation of a solid cortical structure, similar to the diaphysis, in the distraction zone.
D000818:Animals; D001852:Bone Lengthening / Q000379:methods*; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011817:Rabbits; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed