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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Enhancing the Efficiency of Distraction Osteogenesis through Rate-Varying Distraction: A Computational Study.

Ruisen Fu, Yili Feng, David Bertrand, Tianming Du, Youjun Liu, Bettina M Willie, Haisheng Yang

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Masquelet's induced membrane technique in the upper limb: a systematic review of the current outcomes.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025
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  3. [Application and research progress of mandibular distraction osteogenesis in craniofacial microsomia].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026
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  5. Progress in immunoregulatory mechanisms during distraction osteogenesis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruisen FuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1929-8156
Yili FengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
David BertrandDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.
Tianming DuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Youjun LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Bettina M WillieDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada.
Haisheng YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Environment and Life, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Beijing University of Technology · CNShriners Hospitals for Children - Canada · CA

Funding

Beijing Municipal Education Commission Research Program KM202010005035Beijing Natural Science Foundation 7202003China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project 2021TQ0020National Natural Science Foundation of China 11702008National Natural Science Foundation of China 11832003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a mechanobiological process of producing new bone and overlying soft tissues through the gradual and controlled distraction of surgically separated bone segments. The process of bone regeneration during DO is largely affected by distraction parameters. In the present study, a distraction strategy with varying distraction rates (i.e., "rate-varying distraction") is proposed, with the aim of shortening the distraction time and improving the efficiency of DO. We hypothesized that faster and better healing can be achieved with rate-varying distractions, as compared with constant-rate distractions. A computational model incorporating the viscoelastic behaviors of the callus tissues and the mechano-regulatory tissue differentiation laws was developed and validated to predict the bone regeneration process during DO. The effect of rate-varying distraction on the healing outcomes (bony bridging time and bone formation) was examined. Compared to the constant low-rate distraction, a low-to-high rate-varying distraction provided a favorable mechanical environment for angiogenesis and bone tissue differentiation, throughout the distraction and consolidation phase, leading to an improved healing outcome with a shortened healing time. These results suggest that a rate-varying clinical strategy could reduce the overall treatment time of DO and decrease the risk of complications related to the external fixator.

Indexed as

Bone RegenerationFinite Element AnalysisOsteogenesis, DistractionAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansOsteogenesisSheepbone regenerationdistraction osteogenesisfinite element analysismechano-regulatory tissue differentiationrate-varying distraction

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PMID34769163
PMCPMC8583714
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