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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 20, Issue 3 197-205, Copyright © 2001 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound initiates bone healing in rat nonunion fracture model

S. Takikawa, N. Matsui, T. Kokubu, M. Tsunoda, H. Fujioka, K. Mizuno and Y. Azuma
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound exposure has been shown clinically to shorten the fracture repair process and to induce healing of nonunions in humans, but its mechanism of action remains unclear. In this study we investigated the effect and mechanism of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on nonunion fracture healing in rat tibias. A consistently reproducible nonunion was produced in rat tibias by muscle interposition without osteotomy. This model was produced by creating a closed tibial fracture with only the distal end of the tibialis anterior muscle interposed into the fracture site. One limb was noninvasively exposed to low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (a 200-millisecond burst of sine waves of 1.5 MHz, repeating at 1.0 kHz) for 20 minutes daily. The incident intensity was approximately 30 mW/cm2. Rats were killed at intervals between 2 and 6 weeks. The events were assessed by radiographs, microfocus X-ray computed tomograms, and histologic examination. After 6 weeks of exposure, 7 of 14 nonunion fractures showed healing on radiologic assessment. The results of three-dimensional microfocus X-ray computed tomographic reconstruction and histologic examination also supported this finding. On the other hand, all control tibias remained in a state of nonunion during the same period. These results indicate that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound promotes healing in the rat nonunion fracture model.


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