Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1934;16:365-371.
© 1934 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
THE EFFECT OF SYMPATHECTOMY AND OF VENOUS STASIS ON BONE REPAIR
An Experimental Study
PAUL E. MCMASTER M.D.1 and
NORMAN W. ROOME M.D.1
1 The Department of Surgery of the University of Chicago
1. Experimental lumbar sympathectomy in dogs did not hasten bone repair; in the majority of cases bone healing was retarded.
2. Experimental venous stasis in dogs hastened bone repair.
Submitted on August 7, 1933