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. 2000 Nov;24(5):295–298. doi: 10.1007/s002640000169

Mechanical analysis of the healing of different osteotomies fixed externally

G Mora 1, F Forriol 1
PMCID: PMC3619907  PMID: 11153463

Abstract 

Under standard conditions the left tibia was osteotomised in nine sheep. The osteotomy was transverse in six, and oblique in three. The osteotomies were fixated using a strain-gauge-monitored unilateral external fixator. The fixation was rigid in three sheep with a transverse osteotomy (group 1) and also in three sheep with an oblique osteotomy (group 2). The fixation was dynamic in three sheep with a transverse osteotomy (group 3) using a roller-bearing mechanism allowing 1 mm of axial displacement. The bone callus stiffness increased progressively with time. One month after osteotomy the load force through the fixator in groups 1 and 2 was more than 20%, whereas the equivalent load force in group 3 was only about 5%.

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Accepted: 24 May 2000


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