Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1949;31:694-716.
© 1949 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
The Influence of the Contact-Compression Factor on Osteogenesis in Surgical Fractures
G. W. N. Eggers M.D.1,
Thomas O. Shindler M.D.1, and
Charles M. Pomerat Ph.D.1
1 Galveston, Texas
Experimentally, the authors produced union and purposeful osteogenesis in surgical fractures in the area selected by applying the contact-compression factor alone. The microscopic sections are the factual evidence of this accomplishment.