Publications by authors named "Gerusa de Arruda Vasconcelos"
Objective: Evaluate the effects of simvastatin in the process of fracture healing in rat tibia.
Methods: Thirty-six rats were subjected to diaphyseal fracture of the leg bones and divided in the statin group (GE) and control group (GC), being subdivided into three subgroups according to days post-fracture (7th, 14th and 28th day) to assess bone healing. In GE was administered by gavage a solution of simvastatin to the sacrifice.