Femur fracture is one the most commonly encountered orthopedic problems in small animals especially in canines (Singh, et al., 1983). Many materials have been in use to repair bony deficiencies. Scanning of the literature showed usage of high densityplastic rods for femoral fractures in dogs (Church & Schrader, 1980), for tibial fractures in rabbits (Brown & Mayor, 1980), for humerus fracture in birds (MacCoy, 1983), fluoropolymer plastic intramedullary pin (Rowely and Pshyk, 1981) and methylmethacrylate coated iron nails for intramedullary use in femur fractures of sheep (Singh, et al., 1983). On the basis of favourable results reported from these studies and occasional surgeon's failure to procure an intramedullary nail of particular size and shape along with material which can meet all the desired physical and biological qualities, the present study was conducted to explore the feasibility of using plastic rods for mid-diaphyseal femur fracture immobilization.
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机译：股骨骨折是小动物尤其是犬科动物中最常见的骨科疾病（Singh等，1983）。许多材料已用于修复骨缺损。文献扫描显示，高密度塑料棒用于狗的股骨骨折（Church＆Schrader，1980），兔子的胫骨骨折（Brown＆Mayor，1980），鸟类的肱骨骨折（MacCoy，1983），含氟聚合物塑料髓内钉钉（Rowely and Pshyk，1981）和甲基丙烯酸甲酯涂层的铁钉在绵羊股骨骨折中的髓内使用（Singh等，1983）。根据这些研究报告的良好结果，以及偶尔的外科医生未能获得具有特定尺寸和形状的髓内钉以及可以满足所有期望的物理和生物学特性的材料，本研究旨在探讨使用塑料的可行性股骨干用于骨干中段骨折的固定。
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