Effects of low-dose microwave on healing of fractures with titanium alloy internal fixation: an experimental study in a rabbit model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microwave is a method for improving fracture repair. However, one of the contraindications for microwave treatment listed in the literature is surgically implanted metal plates in the treatment field. The reason is that the reflection of electromagnetic waves and the eddy current stimulated by microwave would increase the temperature of magnetic implants and cause heat damage in tissues. Comparing with traditional medical stainless steel, titanium alloy is a kind of medical implants with low magnetic permeability and electric conductivity. But the effects of microwave treatment on fracture with titanium alloy internal fixation in vivo were not reported. The aim of this article was to evaluate the security and effects of microwave on healing of a fracture with titanium al

SUBMITTER: Ye D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3784417 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature