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Willems NMBK, Langenbach GEJ, Stoop R, den Toonder JMJ, Mulder L, Zentner A, Everts V. Higher number of pentosidine cross-links induced by ribose does not alter tissue stiffness of cancellous bone. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2014; 42:15-21. [PMID: 25063086 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The role of mature collagen cross-links, pentosidine (Pen) cross-links in particular, in the micromechanical properties of cancellous bone is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine nonenzymatic glycation effects on tissue stiffness of demineralized and non-demineralized cancellous bone. A total of 60 bone samples were derived from mandibular condyles of six pigs, and assigned to either control or experimental groups. Experimental handling included incubation in phosphate buffered saline alone or with 0.2M ribose at 37°C for 15 days and, in some of the samples, subsequent complete demineralization of the sample surface using 8% EDTA. Before and after experimental handling, bone microarchitecture and tissue mineral density were examined by means of microcomputed tomography. After experimental handling, the collagen content and the number of Pen, hydroxylysylpyridinoline (HP), and lysylpyridinoline (LP) cross-links were estimated using HPLC, and tissue stiffness was assessed by means of nanoindentation. Ribose treatment caused an up to 300-fold increase in the number of Pen cross-links compared to nonribose-incubated controls, but did not affect the number of HP and LP cross-links. This increase in the number of Pen cross-links had no influence on tissue stiffness of both demineralized and nondemineralized bone samples. These findings suggest that Pen cross-links do not play a significant role in bone tissue stiffness.
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- Nop M B K Willems
- Dept. of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Dept. of Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy, MOVE Research Institute, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Dept. of Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy, MOVE Research Institute, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Metabolic Health Research, TNO, P.O. Box 2215, 2301 CE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy, MOVE Research Institute, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Mo XT, Yang ZM, Qin TWW. Effects of 20% demineralization on surface physical properties of compact bone scaffold and bone remodeling response at interface after orthotopic implantation. Bone 2009; 45:301-8. [PMID: 19376281 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.04.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Revised: 03/31/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2009] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To enhance osteointegration with preservation of mechanical strength, a surface modification technique using 20% surface demineralization in a controlled manner was applied to custom-built cylindrical bio-derived compact bones (20% surface-demineralized cylindrical compact bio-derived bone scaffold: SDCBS); an undemineralized version was the control. The micro-surface topography of the two types of bone scaffolds was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). 20% demineralization led to significant increases in surface roughness (38.19%, P=0.001) and surface area (15.1%, P=0.030), compared with the control group's, while the decrease in mechanical properties was not statistically significant. Results of orthotopic implantation for 9 months demonstrated that 20% surface demineralization caused significantly rapid and homogeneous bone remodeling at the interface compared to control and led to a significantly rapid osteointegration of SDCBS with the host bone at the early and intermediate stages of osteointegration. The study indicates the potential of SDCBS in repairing clinical bone defects, and would help direct the use of various processes of biomaterials to support defect repairs within osseous sites.
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- Xiang-tao Mo
- Institute of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, West China School of Clinical Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Effects of low intensity pulsed ultrasound with and without increased cortical porosity on structural bone allograft incorporation. J Orthop Surg Res 2008; 3:20. [PMID: 18505579 PMCID: PMC2414658 DOI: 10.1186/1749-799x-3-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Though used for over a century, structural bone allografts suffer from a high rate of mechanical failure due to limited graft revitalization even after extended periods in vivo. Novel strategies that aim to improve graft incorporation are lacking but necessary to improve the long-term clinical outcome of patients receiving bone allografts. The current study evaluated the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), a potent exogenous biophysical stimulus used clinically to accelerate the course of fresh fracture healing, and longitudinal allograft perforations (LAP) as non-invasive therapies to improve revitalization of intercalary allografts in a sheep model. Methods Fifteen skeletally-mature ewes were assigned to five experimental groups based on allograft type and treatment: +CTL, -CTL, LIPUS, LAP, LIPUS+LAP. The +CTL animals (n = 3) received a tibial ostectomy with immediate replacement of the resected autologous graft. The -CTL group (n = 3) received fresh frozen ovine tibial allografts. The +CTL and -CTL groups did not receive LAP or LIPUS treatments. The LIPUS treatment group (n = 3), following grafting with fresh frozen ovine tibial allografts, received ultrasound stimulation for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week, for the duration of the healing period. The LAP treatment group (n = 3) received fresh frozen ovine allografts with 500 μm longitudinal perforations that extended 10 mm into the graft. The LIPUS+LAP treatment group (n = 3) received both LIPUS and LAP interventions. All animals were humanely euthanized four months following graft transplantation for biomechanical and histological analysis. Results After four months of healing, daily LIPUS stimulation of the host-allograft junctions, alone or in combination with LAP, resulted in 30% increases in reconstruction stiffness, paralleled by significant increases (p < 0.001) in callus maturity and periosteal bridging across the host/allograft interfaces. Longitudinal perforations extending 10 mm into the proximal and distal endplates filled to varying degrees with new appositional bone and significantly accelerated revitalization of the allografts compared to controls. Conclusion The current study has demonstrated in a large animal model the potential of both LIPUS and LAP therapy to improve the degree of allograft incorporation. LAP may provide an option for increasing porosity, and thus potential in vivo osseous apposition and revitalization, without adversely affecting the structural integrity of the graft.
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Haimi S, Vienonen A, Hirn M, Pelto M, Virtanen V, Suuronen R. The effect of chemical cleansing procedures combined with peracetic acid–ethanol sterilization on biomechanical properties of cortical bone. Biologicals 2008; 36:99-104. [PMID: 17892947 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2007.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2007] [Revised: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 06/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Peracetic acid-ethanol sterilization (PES) with a preceding delipidation step is an effective sterilization method for allograft bone, but its influence on biomechanical properties of bone has not been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different incubation times of water, hydrogen peroxide and alcohol cleansing procedures combined with PES on biomechanical properties of freeze-dried cortical bone. These effects were studied by performing three-point bending tests on cortical samples. The lyophilized cortical samples were rehydrated prior to mechanical testing. The bending strength and the absorbed energy of the processed cortical samples were increased slightly but the Young's modulus was decreased compared to unprocessed samples. However, when the residual moisture content of the processed cortical samples was reduced from <5% to 0% all the biomechanical properties studied were significantly decreased. Hexane elution was used to determine the residual fat content of the processed cortical bone. Reducing the incubation time in cleansing had no effect on the residual fat content of the bone samples. Our in vitro study indicates that the cleansing procedure proposed combined with PES affects the biomechanical properties of cortical bone only on a limited scale.
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- Suvi Haimi
- Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Santoni BG, Womack WJ, Wheeler DL, Puttlitz CM. A mechanical and computational investigation on the effects of conduit orientation on the strength of massive bone allografts. Bone 2007; 41:769-74. [PMID: 17765025 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 06/08/2007] [Accepted: 07/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Structural bone allografts are used to reconstruct large skeletal defects resulting from trauma, tumor resection, or revision arthroplasty. Though used for over a century, bone allografts suffer from a high rate of mechanical failure due to limited graft revitalization even after extended periods in vivo. The current study evaluated the mechanical properties of longitudinally perforated cortical bone allografts (LAP) that have been shown to promote accelerated graft incorporation in a large animal model. The compressive and tensile properties of longitudinally perforated allograft specimens, as determined through uniaxial compression and diametral compression tests, respectively, were not significantly affected by the presence of the conduit. However, transversely perforated grafts (TAP) demonstrated a marked decrease in tensile capacity (p=0.04). Finite element analysis demonstrated moderate increases in the maximum principal stresses in LAP specimens while TAP models indicated an 83.4% increase in maximum principle stress near the conduit on the endosteal surface of the graft. This research and the previous in vivo study suggest that LAP adequately serves as an internal template within the cortical bone allograft for osseous apposition and revitalization without adversely affecting the structural or mechanical integrity of the graft.
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- Brandon G Santoni
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Animal Cancer Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Lewandrowski KU, Hecht AC, DeLaney TF, Chapman PA, Hornicek FJ, Pedlow FX. Anterior spinal arthrodesis with structural cortical allografts and instrumentation for spine tumor surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2004; 29:1150-8; discussion 1159. [PMID: 15131446 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405150-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN The authors report on anterior vertebral reconstruction following tumor resection with use of fresh-frozen, cortical, long-segment allografts prepared from diaphyseal sections of long bones. A retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes is presented. OBJECTIVE To analyze the results following the use of cortical allografts in the treatment of spine tumors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Metastatic disease and primary spinal bone tumors may result in progressive vertebral collapse, instability, deformity, pain, and neurologic deficit. Controversy as to the appropriate type of anterior reconstruction and/or graft material persists. METHODS From 1995 until 2001, 30 patients with primary spinal bone tumors or metastases to the spine were treated by anterior vertebral reconstruction with fresh-frozen cortical bone allografts. Grafts were used in combination with anterior and posterior instrumentation. RESULTS The median survival was 14 months. Ninety-three percent of all allografts were radiographically incorporated as early as 6 months after surgery in spite of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Fourteen patients (46%) had intraoperative or postoperative complications. Two patients underwent revision surgery for local recurrence. There were no allograft infections, fractures, or collapse. CONCLUSION Anterior column reconstruction with structural cortical allografts proved to be a reliable technique in patients with spine tumors. Postoperative complications can often be successfully managed.
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- Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
- Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusets, USA.
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Lewandrowski KU, Bondre S, Hile DD, Thompson BMJ, Wise DL, Tomford WW, Trantolo DJ. Porous poly(propylene fumarate) foam coating of orthotopic cortical bone grafts for improved osteoconduction. TISSUE ENGINEERING 2002; 8:1017-27. [PMID: 12542947 DOI: 10.1089/107632702320934119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A porous biodegradable scaffold coating for perforated and demineralized cortical bone allografts could maintain immediate structural recovery and subsequently allow normal healing and remodeling by promoting bony ingrowth and avoiding accelerated graft resorption. This new type of osteoconductive surface modification should improve allograft incorporation by promoting new bone growth throughout the biodegradable scaffold, hence encasing the graft with the recipient's own bone. We investigated the feasibility of augmenting orthotopically transplanted cortical bone grafts with osteoconductive biodegradable polymeric scaffold coatings. Five types of bone grafts were prepared: type I, untreated fresh-frozen cortical bone grafts (negative control); type II, perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone grafts without additional coating (positive control); type III, perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone coated with a low-porosity poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) foam; type IV, perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone coated with a medium-porosity PPF foam; and type V, perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone coated with a high-porosity PPF foam. Grafts were implanted into the rat tibial diaphysis. Fixation was achieved with an intramedullary threaded K-wire. Two sets of animals were operated on. Animals were killed in groups of eight with one set being killed 12 weeks, and the other 16 weeks, postoperatively. Radiographic, histologic, and histomorphometric analyses of grafts showed that the amount of new bone forming around the foam-coated grafts was significantly higher than that in the type I control group (uncoated) or that in type II group (perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone grafts). Although all foam formulations appeared initially equally osteoconductive, histologic evaluation of medium-porosity PPF foam-based coatings appeared to result in a sustained response 16 weeks postoperatively. Significant resorption was present in perforated and partially demineralized cortical bone graft allografts, with some accompanying new bone formation occurring primarily within the laser holes. Therefore, PPF foam-coated cortical bone grafts appeared to be better protected from excessive bone resorption, as frequently seen with invasion of fibrovascular tissue. Biomechanical analysis of the PPF foam-coated grafts corroborated findings of the morphometric analysis in that the failure strength at the allograft-host bone junction sites of all PPF-coated cortical bone grafts was higher than in the uncoated controls.
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- Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Lewandrowski KU, Rebmann V, Pässler M, Schollmeier G, Ekkernkamp A, Grosse-Wilde H, Tomford WW. Immune response to perforated and partially demineralized bone allografts. J Orthop Sci 2002; 6:545-55. [PMID: 11793178 DOI: 10.1007/s007760100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2000] [Accepted: 06/26/2001] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Immune responses have been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of clinical complications of cortical bone allografts. In an attempt to reduce the immunogenicity of these allografts, we evaluated cortical bone allografts modified by laser perforation and partial demineralization transplanted orthotopically into sheep tibiae. The recipient animals were divided into three groups, of eight animals each, according to the type of cortical allograft that was transplanted: group 1, no treatment (control); group 2, demineralization only; and group 3, laser perforation and partial demineralization. All animals were tissue-typed by biochemical definition of MHC class I molecules, using unidimensional isoelectric focusing and Western blotting. Mismatches of donors and recipients were assessed by testing samples of each donor and recipient pair in parallel and by comparing their individual bands. Donor-specific alloantibodies were detected by a similar technique, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) format. Negative controls were included in all tests. All grafts were poorly immunogenic, whether they were untreated, processed by partial demineralization, or processed by both laser perforation and partial demineralization. Only two recipient animals showed a transient, antibody-mediated donor-specific immune response. One of these animals had received a control allograft, whereas the other animal had received a laser-perforated and partially demineralized bone allograft. All of the grafts in this study, including control grafts, were stripped of soft tissues and their bone marrow was removed; cellular sources of alloantibody stimulation may have been eliminated by these processes. The results of this study suggest that immune responses to bone allografts may be reduced by removing the bone marrow and adjacent soft tissues. The processing of cortical bone allografts by laser perforation and partial demineralization appeared to have little effect on immune responses.
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- K U Lewandrowski
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, GRYJ 1124, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114, USA
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A large osteopenic animal model that resembles human osteoporotic changes is essential for osteoporosis research. This study aimed at establishing a large osteopenic animal model in goats. Twenty-five Chinese mountain goats were used in which they were either ovariectomized (OVX) and fed with a low-calcium diet (n = 16) or sham-operated (SHAM; n = 9). Monthly photodensitometric analysis on proximal tibial metaphysis and calcaneus was performed. Two iliac crest biopsy specimens obtained before and 6 months after OVX were used for bone mineral density (BMD) measurement with peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT). Lumbar vertebrae (L2 and L7), humeral heads, and calcanei were collected for BMD measurement after euthanasia. The humeral heads and calcanei were used in biomechanical indentation test. BMD measurement showed a significant 25.0% (p = 0.006) decrease in BMD of the iliac crest biopsy specimens 6 months after OVX. It also was statistically significant when compared with the SHAM (p = 0.028). BMD at L2, L7, calcaneus, and humeral head reduced by 24-33% (p ranged from 0.001 to 0.011) when compared with the SHAM. Photodensitometry showed a continuous decrease in bone density after OVX. There were significant decreases of 18.9% in proximal tibial metaphysis (p = 0.003) and 21.8% in calcaneus (p = 0.023) in the OVX group 6 months postoperatively. Indentation test on the humeral head and calcaneus showed a significant decrease 52% (p = 0.006) and 54% (p = 0.001), respectively, in energy required for displacement of 3 mm in the OVX group compared with the SHAM group. The decreases correlated significantly to the decrease in BMD of the corresponding specimens (r2 = 0.439 and 0.581; p < 0.001 for both). In conclusion, this study showed that OVX plus a low-calcium diet could induce significant osteopenia and deterioration of mechanical properties of the cancellous bone in goats.
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- K S Leung
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin
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Bondre S, Lewandrowski KU, Hasirci V, Cattaneo MV, Gresser JD, Wise DL, Tomford WW, Trantolo DJ. Biodegradable foam coating of cortical allografts. TISSUE ENGINEERING 2000; 6:217-27. [PMID: 10941216 DOI: 10.1089/10763270050044399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Clinical outcomes of bone allograft procedures may be improved by modifying the surface of the graft with an osteoconductive biopolymeric coating. In this comparative in vitro study, we evaluated the dimensional stability, mechanical strength, hydrophilicity, and water uptake of biodegradable foams of poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) and poly(d,l-lactic-co glycolic acid) (PLGA) when applied as surface coatings to cortical bone. Cortical bone samples were divided into four groups: Type I, untreated bone; Type II, laser-perforated bone; Type III, partially demineralized bone; and Type IV, laser-perforated and partially demineralized bone. Results show that PPF wets easily, achieving 12.5% wt/wt in 30 min. Compressive tests on the PPF foam material showed that the compressive strength was 6.8 MPa prior to in vitro incubation but then gradually reduced to 1.9 MPa at 8 weeks. Push-out and pulloff strength tests showed that initially both PPF and PLGA foam coatings had comparable adherence strengths to the cortical bone samples (100-150 N). When additional geometrical surface alteration by perforation and demineralization of the bony substrate was employed, in vitro adherence of the PPF foam coating was further increased to 120 N, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement of push-out strength throughout the entire 8-week observation period (p<0.0002 for all four data points). The pore geometry of PPF-foam coatings changed little over the 2-month evaluation period. In comparison, PLGA foam coating around the cortical bone samples rapidly lost structure with a decrease of 67% in strength seen after 1-week in vitro incubation. These new types of bone allografts may be particularly useful where the use of other replacement materials is not feasible or practical.
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- S Bondre
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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