Heterotopic microvascular epiphyseal plate transplantation: A new model using the rabbit metatarsal

Development and validation of new model

Development and validation of new model for microvascular transplantation of epiphyseal plate allografts with minimal adjoining epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone

✍ Peter W. Bray; Peter C. Neligan; C. Vaughan A. Bowen; Jayne S. Danska; Martin I. 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 571 KB

## Abstract A model for the free allograft microvascular transplantation of rabbit proximal tibial epiphyseal plate allografts was developed, validated, and tested in an in vivo animal model. Transplants contained the minimum amount of adjacent epiphyseal and metaphyseal bone compatible with preser