The osteogenic potential of extracorporeal shock wave therapy. an in-vivo study.
We studied the effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on the healing potential of osteotomies in rabbit radii. The results of sequential low dose shock wave therapy were compared prospectively with natural healing in the radii of New Zealand white rabbits. Our results suggest that ESWT causes new bone formation locally. However such exuberant callus formation does not equate with accelerated fracture healing and in fact implies a delay in the remodelling process.
McCormack
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Meath Hospital, Dublin.
Lane
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McElwain
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D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011817:Rabbits; D011884:Radius; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*