A comparative in vivo ultrasonometric evaluation of normal and delayed fracture healing in sheep tibiae

OBJECTIVE: To compare normal and delayed bone healing by measuring ultrasound conduction velocity across the bone callus. METHODS: A model of transverse linear and 5 mm resection osteotomies of sheep tibiae was used. Fourteen sheep were operated on and were divided into two groups of seven accordin...

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Main Authors: Giuliano Barbieri, Cláudio Henrique Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2014-09-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322014000900634&lng=en&tlng=en