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Creating Rigidly Stabilized Fractures for Assessing Intramembranous Ossification, Distraction Osteogenesis, or Healing of Critical Sized Defects
Published on: April 11, 2012
[Initiation of fracture repair and regulation on molecular level]
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan, P.R. China 610041.
Objective:
To investigate the initiation of fracture repair and regulation on molecular level.
Methods:
Literature concerned fracture repair and effects of correlative factors in the process in recent years was reviewed. The initiation in the process of fracture repair and the effects of the correlative factor were summarized to probe into effective methods to intervene.
Results:
During fracture repair, the initiation had particular character and the correlative factors were concerned with the process.
Conclusion:
The correlative factors regulate the initiation of fracture repair on molecular level.
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