Bone Healing by Using Ilizarov External Fixation Combined with Flexible Intramedullary Nailing versus Ilizarov External Fixation Alone in the Repair of Tibial Shaft Fractures: Experimental Study

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Structural features of the FIN wire surface and its adjacent area: (a) architectonics of the FIN wire, SEM ×1300; (b) osseoosteoid trabecular net envelope in the area adjacent to FIN wire, day 14, hematoxylin eosin staining, ×100; (c) fixation of collagen fibres of the osseoosteoid envelope to the rough FIN wire surface, day 14, SEM ×400; and (d) adhesion of osteogenic cells to the FIN wire surface and amorphous bone matrix in the pericellular space, SEM ×2500.

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