Intact fibula improves fracture healing
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Sandra J. Shefelbine; Peter Augat; Lutz Claes; Alexander Beck
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Article
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2005
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Elsevier Science
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English
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## Abstract Rat tibia fractures are often used in fracture healing studies. Usually the fracture is stabilized with an intramedullary pin, which provides bending stiffness, but little torsional stiffness. The objective of this research was to determine the in vitro torsional rigidity of an osteotom