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ArticleThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2022

Biomechanical analysis of 3 fixation techniques in rabbit radius and humerus bones.

Meghan L Davolt, Ella Davis, Brynn McCleery, Garrett Davis

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Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mechanical comparison of different plate-and-screw configurations for repairing forearm diaphysis fractures: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meghan L DavoltDepartment of Surgery (Davolt, E. Davis, G. Davis), Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA (McCleery).
Ella DavisDepartment of Surgery (Davolt, E. Davis, G. Davis), Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA (McCleery).
Brynn McCleeryDepartment of Surgery (Davolt, E. Davis, G. Davis), Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA (McCleery).
Garrett DavisDepartment of Surgery (Davolt, E. Davis, G. Davis), Department of Avian and Exotic Animal Medicine, Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA (McCleery).
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the strength and stiffness of various fixation methods applied to the long bones of the rabbit forelimb. Twenty rabbit radius/ulna and 20 rabbit humeri were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups. Control bones remained intact, whereas all others were osteotomized to create fracture models that were fixated with locking plate and locking screws (LP), veterinary cuttable plate (VCP) with cortical screws, or external skeletal fixator constructs (ESF), and tested in 4-point bending until failure. Load/deformation curves were generated for each sample and used to calculate stiffness (slope of the curve) and strength (load to failure). Intact controls had greater strength and stiffness than any fixation techniques in the rabbit radius/ulna and humeri samples. Locking plate and VCP constructs had greater stiffness than ESF when applied to the radius, whereas locking plate constructs were stronger than VCP or ESF when applied to the humerus. Overall, the LP construct had characteristics most closely resembling those of the intact control regarding strength in the humerus. Therefore, fracture fixation with a LP would provide the greatest strength in humeral fracture repairs in the rabbit.

Indexed as

Fracture Fixation, InternalHumeral FracturesAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaHumerusRabbitsRadius

Identifiers

PMID35502249
PMCPMC9009745
OpenAlexW4225379490

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