Innovative approach to distraction osteogenesis using a novel external fixator design. In vivo experimental rabbit model.

Distraction osteogenesis is an established surgical technique for bone lengthening. The procedure involves making osteotomies, in the bone and using a device to gradually separate, or "distract," the bone fragments. New Zealand white male rabbits underwent distraction osteogenesis on the right tibia and lengthening using external fixators at two different time points: a speed of 1.