Population
Dogs with tibial fractures (n=8 mentioned for extraction analysis)
Comparison
Observation of healing tibial fractures vs Control (unfractured) tibia
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
12 to 13 weeks
Authors
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Guides timing of vascular studies in animal fracture models; leaves open translation to human tibial healing.
Tibial fracture healing in dogs is characterized by a marked, transient increase in local blood flow that peaks at two weeks and normalizes by twelve weeks.
Laurnen et al. (1969) studied this question.
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