External fixator-assisted plating osteosynthesis in a rabbit model of femoral bone defects appears to be a feasible and reproducible surgical technique: preliminary insights from a bone substitute study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aims of this study were to assess the complications associated with the use of an external fixator-assisted plate osteosynthesis technique to stabilize a femoral bone defect in a rabbit model and to evaluate if this technique could avoid the mispositioning and the displacement of the femoral fragments during the surgical procedure.

Methods

A preliminary cadaveric animal study was conducted to develop a new technique of external fixator-assisted plating. Thirty rabbits underwent a surgical procedure consisting in the creation of a femoral bone defect and, subsequently an implantation of a bone substitute through the assistance of a temporary external fixator. The fixator's ability to maintain length and alignment during surgery was documented. All intraoperative c

SUBMITTER: Vandenbulcke F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393914 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature