The Effect of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking on Bone Healing Following Femoral Fractures in Male Rats

The Effect of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking on Bone Healing Following Femoral Fractures in Male Rats

Background: Given the increasing use of waterpipe tobacco smoking in the world and its unknown effects on bone healing, this study investigated the repairing of femoral bone fractures in rats exposed to waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS).Main Methods: This study involved 40 male Wistar rats that were d...

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Main Authors: Amirreza Sadeghifar, Mohamad Sheibani, Siyavash Joukar, Shahriar Dabiri, Samanehsadat Alavi, Omid Azari, Darioush Vosoghi, Yas Zeynali, Yasman Zeynali, Mohamad Shahraki, Amirhesam Torghabe, Farzaneh Rostamzadeh, Alireza Nasri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
waterpipe tobacco smoking
femur fracture
union
angiogenesis markers
insulin growth factor-1
TGF-β
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.722446/full

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