Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1952;34:665-677.
© 1952 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
FAILURE OF CORTISONE TO DELAY OR TO PREVENT THE HEALING OF FRACTURES IN RATS
J. ALBERT KEY M.D.1 and
RICHARD T. ODELL M.D.1
1 Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
The administration of from two to four milligrams of cortisone daily to young adult white rats did not perceptibly delay the healing or alter the microscopic appearance of the process of repair of experimental fractures in these animals.