Biomechanical and histological analyses of the fracture healing process after direct or prolonged reduction

Abstract Background Reduction of femoral shaft fractures remains a challenging problem in orthopaedic surgery. Robot-assisted reduction might ease reduction and fracture treatment. However, the influence of different reduction pathways on patients’ physiology is not fully known yet. Therefore, the a...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Peterburs, Anke Mittelstaedt, Philipp Haas, Maximilian Petri, Ralf Westphal, Christian Dullin, Stephan Sehmisch, Claudia Neunaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40001-018-0337-6