Research Article

Characterization of an Ovine Bilateral Critical Sized Bone Defect Iliac Wing Model to Examine Treatment Modalities Based on Bone Tissue Engineering

Figure 1

(a) Photograph of the custom-made jig and the 17 mm coring device used to create the defect. (b) Orientation of the jig with two 2.0 mm K-wires located dorsally (top white arrows) and one 2.5 mm K-wire located centrally through the coring device which is subsequently placed through the jig (bottom white arrow).
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