Histomorphometric assessment of bone necrosis produced by two cryosurgery protocols using liquid nitrogen: an experimental study on rat femurs

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of liquid nitrogen cryosurgery on the femoral diaphysis of rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The femoral diaphyses of 42 Wistar rats were exposed to three local and sequential applications of liquid nitrogen for 1 or 2 min, intercalated with per...

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Main Authors: Fábio Wildson Gurgel Costa, Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Rosana Maria Andrade Pessoa, Eduardo Costa Studart-Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572011000600010