Current concepts in fracture healing: temporal dynamization and applications for additive manufacturing

Abstract. Objectives:. Current surgical fracture treatment paradigms, which use rigid metallic constructs to heal bones, provide reasonable clinical outcomes; however, they do not leverage recent advances in our understanding of bone healing and mechanotransduction throughout bone healing. The objec...

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Main Authors: Elaine C. Schmidt, MS, Lauren M. Judkins, BS, Guha Manogharan, PhD, Samir Mehta, MD, Michael W. Hast, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-03-01
Series:OTA International
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000164