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Fig. 2 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Establishment of a preclinical ovine screening model for the investigation of bone tissue engineering strategies in cancellous and cortical bone defects

Fig. 2

Surgical approach to the epimetaphyseal drill hole defect of the proximal femur (a-g). The cut through the skin exposed the underlying middle gluteal muscle, gluteobiceps muscle and the tensor muscle of the fascia lata (a-c). The drill hole was placed 2.5 cm distal to the tip of the great trochanter (blackface sheep) at the origin of the lateral vastus muscle and just distal to the tendon of the accessory gluteal muscle (d-g)

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