Long-term effects of local growth factor (IGF-I and TGF-$beta;1) treatment on fracture healing*1A safety study for using growth factors

Long-term effects of local growth factor

Long-term effects of local growth factor (IGF-I and TGF-β1) treatment on fracture healing: A safety study for using growth factors

✍ Gerhard Schmidmaier; Britt Wildemann; Daniel Ostapowicz; Frank Kandziora; Richar 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 670 KB

## Abstract Previous studies showed that growth factors dramatically stimulate healing processes in bone. However, the long‐term effect of locally applied growth factors on fracture healing remains unclear. In considering the safety of using growth factors, it is necessary to elucidate that after i