Evaluation of simvastatin in the process of fracture healing in tibiae of rats

Evaluation of simvastatin in the process of fracture healing in tibiae of rats

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the effects of simvastatin in the process of fracture healing in rat tibia. METHODS: Thirty-six rats were subjected to diaphyseal fracture of the leg bones and divided in the statin group (GE) and control group (GC), being subdivided into three subgroups according to days pos...

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Main Authors: José Wanderley Vasconcelos, Leopoldina Milanez da Silva Leite, Gerusa de Arruda Vasconcelos, Igor Marcelo Souto Maior Araujo, Letácio Santos Garcia Ferro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Sinvastatina
Fraturas da tíbia
Ratos
Consolidação da fratura
Simvastatin
Tibial fractures
Rats
Fracture healing
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