Does piezoceramic influence avian bone formation in the early postoperative phase?

Moderate soft tissue trauma delays new b

Moderate soft tissue trauma delays new bone formation only in the early phase of fracture healing

✍ Lutz Claes; Nikola Maurer-Klein; Thomas Henke; Heinz Gerngross; Mark Melnyk; Pet 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 302 KB

## Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a moderate soft tissue trauma to the course of fracture healing in a standardized animal model. Thirty‐eight Wistar rats were randomly divided into a fracture group (F, __n__ = 19) and a group with a fracture and a soft tissue traum