In ovariectomized rats with calvarial defects, local abaloparatide alone improved bone healing versus control.
In plain wordsIn rats with calvarial defects, local abaloparatide alone improved bone healing compared with control.
- Peptide
- Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone healing
- Study
ratn = 16
ovariectomized rats with critical calvarial defects- Comparator
- control
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · localAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Significant improvements were found in bone healing in the ABL and O groups, compared with the C group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We examined the effect of locally administered abaloparatide (ABL), alone or combined with an autogenous graft, on new bone formation in critical-sized calvarial defects in postmenopausal rats.
Thirty-two ovariectomized rats were divided into 4 equal groups: control (C), ABL, autogenous (O), and ABL+O.
After 8 weeks, rats were sacrificed and bone regeneration was evaluated using microCT and histologic analyses.