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ArticleBioMed research international2020

The Effect of Strontium Ranelate on Fracture Healing: An Animal Study.

Ourania I Koukou, Lampros D Pappas, Pelagia Chloropoulou, Maria A Kouroupi, Konstantinos I Koukos, Georgia Karpathiou, Antonios A Galanos, Georgios I Drosos, Evaggelos Magnisalis, Alexandra N Giatromanolaki and 1 more

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Article in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ourania I KoukouPrivate Practice, Komotini 69132, Greece.
Lampros D PappasDepartment of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Didymoteicho, Didymoteicho 68300, Greece.
Pelagia ChloropoulouDepartment of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4332-1085
Maria A KouroupiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Konstantinos I KoukosDepartment of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Preveza, 48100, Greece.
Georgia KarpathiouDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, 42055 CEDEX2 Saint-Etienne, France.
Antonios A GalanosLaboratory of Research of the Musculoskeletal System, School of Medicine University of Athens, 14561, Greece.
Georgios I DrososDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Evaggelos MagnisalisLaboratory of Bioengineering, BioHexagon Ltd, Athens 17124, Greece.
Alexandra N GiatromanolakiDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Dionysios Alexandros VerettasDemocritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne · FRCouniniotis Group (Greece) · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

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6 · The paper itself

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methodsForty adult female rabbits were included in the study and were divided in 2 equal groups, according to StR treatment or untreated controls. All animals were subjected to osteotomy of the ulna, while the contralateral ulna remained intact and served as a control for the biomechanical assessment of fracture healing. Animals in the study group received 600 mg/kg/day of StR orally. All animals received ordinary food. At 2 and 4 weeks, all animals were euthanatized and the osteotomy sites were evaluated for healing through radiological, biomechanical, and histopathological studies.

resultsThe treatment group presented statistically significant higher callus diameter, total callus area, percentage of fibrous tissue (

conclusionStR appears to enhance fracture healing but further studies are warranted in order to better elucidate the mechanisms and benefits of StR treatment.

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AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBone and BonesFemaleFracture HealingOsteotomyRabbitsThiophenesstrontium ranelateThiophenes

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