Original Article

Study of Reconstruction of Cortical Bone after Femoral Shaft Fracture in Young Rats

Authors: JOHN P. ADAMS M.D., ROBERT G. KINDRED M.D., JOEL E. MANDEL M.D.

Abstract

The authors have shown that displaced femoral fractures in a crouching animal such as the rat, always terminate in pseudarthrosis. They consider the cellular elements involved in the transformation.

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