In mice with surgical femoral nonunion, PTH increased radiographic bony union compared with saline.
In plain wordsIn mice with femoral nonunion, PTH increased bone union compared with saline.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBony union at 6 weeks
- Study
micen: not reported in source
Surgical femoral atrophic nonunion model- Comparator
- Saline
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 30 μg/kg daily · intraperitoneal · 14 daysAs given in this study (mice).
Measurements
- Bony union rate
- 50%
- PTH
- Bony union rate
- 8%
- control
Source sentences
At 6 weeks after surgery, the group treated with PTH showed higher rates of bony union (50% vs 8%; P < 0.05) as assessed by radiographic analysis.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Mice were randomized to receive either daily intraperitoneal injections of 30 μg/kg PTH 1-34 for 14 days or saline injections.