Topical cutaneous application of CO2 accelerates bone healing in a rat femoral defect model

Abstract Background Bone defects may occur because of severe trauma, nonunion, infection, or tumor resection. However, treatments for bone defects are often difficult and have not been fully established yet. We previously designed an efficient system of topical cutaneous application of carbon dioxid...

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Main Authors: Yu Kuroiwa, Tomoaki Fukui, Shunsuke Takahara, Sang Yang Lee, Keisuke Oe, Michio Arakura, Yohei Kumabe, Takahiro Oda, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Takehiko Matsushita, Toshihiro Akisue, Yoshitada Sakai, Ryosuke Kuroda, Takahiro Niikura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
CO2
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-019-2601-5