Can low doses of simvastatin enhance fracture healing? An experimental study in rabbits.

Chissas, Dionysios; Stamatopoulos, George; Verettas, Dionysios; Kazakos, Konstantinos; Papalois, Apostolos; Agrogiannis, George; Papaeliou, Athanasios; Agapitos, Emmanouel; Balanika, Alexia; Papadopoulou, Eleftheria; Anastopoulos, George; Ntagiopoulos, Panagiotis G; Asimakopoulos, Antonios

Chissas, Dionysios; Stamatopoulos, George; Verettas, Dionysios; Kazakos, Konstantinos; Papalois, Apostolos; Agrogiannis, George; Papaeliou, Athanasios; Agapitos, Emmanouel; Balanika, Alexia; Papadopoulou, Eleftheria; Anastopoulos, George; Ntagiopoulos, Panagiotis G; Asimakopoulos, Antonios.

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Chissas D; 2nd Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, G. Genimmatas General Hospital of Athens, 154 Mesogeion Ave, 115 24 Athens, Greece. chissas@yahoo.gr

Injury ; 41(7): 687-92, 2010 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19880111

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Bone Density/drug effects; Fracture Healing/drug effects; Simvastatin/administration & dosage; Ulna Fractures/drug therapy; Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone Density/physiology; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fracture Healing/physiology; Male; Rabbits; Simvastatin/pharmacology; Ulna Fractures/physiopathology

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