Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi / Chinese Medical Association
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To evaluate the preliminary clinical outcomes of coccygectomy in patients with coccydynia after a failure of conservative treatment. ⋯ Coccygectomy is a feasible management option for patients with coccygodynia that has no response to conservative treatments.
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Chin. J. Traumatol. · Feb 2011
Effect of leptin on bone metabolism in rat model of traumatic brain injury and femoral fracture.
To observe serum and callus leptin expression within the setting of fracture and traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ We demonstrated elevated leptin expression within healing bone especially in the first 8 weeks in a rat model of fracture and TBI. A close association exists between leptin levels and the degree of callus formation in fractures.