Skeletal fixation in the rabbit knee transplantation model
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L M Nolan1, C V Bowen, M I Boyer
1Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Microsurgery
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The immature rabbit knee model for epiphyseal plate transplantations has been used by a number of investigators. Rigid fixation of the femoral osteosynthesis has been difficult to achieve reliably. This paper describes a new technique for obtaining consistent and satisfactory skeletal fixation in this model. The tibia was internally fixed with an ASIF/AO four-hole minifragment plate. The femur was fixed with a 2.4 mm Steinman pin supplemented with two 26 gauge stainless steel interosseous wire loops placed at right angles to each other.