Electric enhancement of bone healing.
A human congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia, unresponsive to conventional treatment, was stimulated to healing by direct electric current. The method was modeled after prior experimental work in vivo in rabbits. X-ray photographs, histological techniques, and electron microscopy confirmed the presence of newly formed bone in the defect region.
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010012:Osteogenesis; D010984:Platinum; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia; D013997:Time Factors
D010984:Platinum; D003094:Collagen