Surgical Classification for Preclinical Rat Femoral Bone Defect Model: Standardization Based on Systematic Review, Anatomical Analysis and Virtual Surgery

Though surgical techniques profoundly influence in vivo experiments, significant heterogeneity exists in current surgeries for inducing rat femoral bone defects. Such variations reduce the reproducibility and comparability of preclinical studies, and are detrimental to clinical translation. The purp...

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Main Authors: Yu Sun, Heike Helmholz, Regine Willumeit-Römer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Bioengineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/9/9/476