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ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2015

Effect of Pentoxifylline Administration on an Experimental Rat Model of Femur Fracture Healing With Intramedullary Fixation.

Mohammad Mahdi Vashghani Farahani, Reza Masteri Farahani, Ataroalsadat Mostafavinia, Mohammad Reza Abbasian, Ramin Pouriran, Mohammad Noruzian, Seyed Kamran Ghoreishi, Arefe Aryan, Mohammad Bayat

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Article in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Mohammad Mahdi Vashghani FarahaniBasic Sciences Department, Paramedical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Reza Masteri FarahaniDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Ataroalsadat MostafaviniaDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad Reza AbbasianDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Akhtar Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Ramin PouriranSchool of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad NoruzianDental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Seyed Kamran GhoreishiDepartment of Statistics, University of Qom, Qom, IR Iran.
Arefe AryanDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Mohammad BayatDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran; Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Qom · IR

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Abstract

backgroundGlobally, musculoskeletal injuries comprise a major public health problem that contributes to a large burden of disability and suffering. Pentoxifylline (PTX) has been originally used as a hemorheologic drug to treat intermittent claudication. Previous test tube and in vivo studies reported the beneficial effects of PTX on bony tissue.

objectivesThis study aims to evaluate the effects of different dosages of PTX on biomechanical properties that occur during the late phase of the fracture healing process following a complete femoral osteotomy in a rat model. We applied intramedullary pin fixation as the treatment of choice. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis experimental study was conducted at the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. We used the simple random technique to divide 35 female rats into five groups. Group 1 received intraperitoneal (i.p.) PTX (50 mg/kg, once daily) injections, starting 15 days before surgery, and group 2, group 3, and group 4 received 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, and 200 mg/kg i.p. PTX injections, respectively, once daily after surgery. All animals across groups received treatment for six weeks (until sacrificed). Complete surgical transverse osteotomy was performed in the right femur of all rats. At six weeks after surgery, the femurs were subjected to a three-point bending test.

resultsDaily administration of 50 mg/kg PTX (groups 1 and 2) decreased the high stress load in repairing osteotomized femurs when compared with the control group. The highest dose of PTX (200 mg/kg) significantly increased the high stress load when compared with the control group (P = 0.030), group 1 (P = 0.023), group 2 (P = 0.008), and group 3 (P = 0.010), per the LSD findings.

conclusionsTreatment with 200 mg/kg PTX accelerated fracture healing when compared with the control group.

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BiomechanicsFemoral FracturesMechanical PhenomenaPentoxifyllineRats

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