Radiographic Healing and Remodelling of Cortical and Cancellous Bone Grafts after Rigid Plate Fixation

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Abstract
Cortical and cancellous interposition grafts, with rigid plate fixation, in the tibiofibular bones of 130 rabbits were followed radiographically for 1 yr. The cancellous grafts healed earlier, but by 12 wk both graft types were incorporated, the distal host-graft interface being the last to heal. Progressive cancellous transformation in the graft and host bone led to an increased overall bone diameter, a widened medullary canal and a thinned porotic wall.