Ketamine decreases cell viability of bone explants and impairs bone healing in rats
Abstract Background Ketamine is a widely used anesthetic in experimental medicine. We have also used ketamine for surgical interventions and imaging in rats and found significantly impaired ossification between identically performed experiments, which only differed in the number of anesthetic events...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-1579-x |