EFFECTS ON INTACT FEMORA OF DOGS OF APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF METAL PLATES - METABOLIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDY COMPARING STIFFER AND MORE FLEXIBLE PLATES
EFFECTS ON INTACT FEMORA OF DOGS OF APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF METAL PLATES - METABOLIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDY COMPARING STIFFER AND MORE FLEXIBLE PLATES
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DOI:
10.2106/00004623-197860070-00012
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
HARRIS, WH
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作者:
MOYEN, BJL;LAHEY, PJ;HARRIS, WH
Studies of flexible plates made of plastic have shown that less osteoporosis develops beneath them than beneath rigid metal plates. To date plastic plates of appropriate physical properties and biocompatibility are not available for use in humans. To determine if a similar beneficial effect could be obtained using metal plates, the effects of thick Cr-Co plates were contrasted in experiments in dogs with the effects of thinner plates of similar design made of Ti, 6-Al, 4-V. A significant reduction in the osteoporosis was obtained by use of the more flexible plates. Following plate application a delayed, massive, transient stimulus to bone formation occurred endosteally, periosteally and intracortically. Despite this, a substantial decrease in bone mass occurred, primarily mediated by endosteal bone resorption. Intracortical porosity played little or no role in net bone loss. The major effects subsided by 6 mo. Recovery after plate removal was predominantly the result of endosteal new bone formation.