An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice

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10.3791/54472-v

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07:41 min

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November 13, 2016

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Tina Histing, Michael D. Menger, Tim Pohlemann, Romano Matthys, Tobias Fritz, Patric Garcia, Moritz Klein

¹Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery,Saarland University, ²Institute for Clinical & Experimental Surgery,Saarland University, ³RISystem AG

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00:05Title
00:54Nail Implantation
05:29Results: Representative Post Nail Implantation Analyses
07:09Conclusion

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This protocol describes an osteosynthesis technique using an intramedullary locking nail for standardized fixation of femur osteotomies, which can be used to analyze normal and defective bone healing in mice.

An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice

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