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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Comparison of types of induced tibial fracture and fracture healing in rats (n = 25)

From: Optimization of a closed rat tibial fracture model

 

Slight Comminuted

Non- comminuted

P-value

Type of fracture (n)

4

21

 

Animal weight (g)

176.75 ± 7.50

189 ± 28.39

0.106

Surgery procedure time (mins)

3.5 ± 1.0

3.97 ± 1.98

0.496

Callus area %

0.81 ± 0.64

0.52 ± 0.32

0.444

1-Anteroposterior (AP)

161.03 ± 5.42

161.56 ± 15.48

0.905

2- Lateral (Lat.)

165.03 ± 7.68

167.77 ± 8.96

0.552

  1. Slight comminuted and non-comminuted fractures have the same values (2-tail t-Test). Data are expressed in means ± SE and important at P < 0.05
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