title: Microvascular free bone transfer: experimental technique on rat's femur.
abstract: A technique of microsurgical femur transplantation on rats is presented. This experimental model is used for better understanding of the bone physiology in autotransplantation and in homotransplantation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000098:blood supply; D005269:Femur / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous