نبذة مختصرة : Large volume losses in weight bearing long bones are a major challenge in clinical practice. Despite multiple innovations over the last decades, significant limitations subsist in current clinical treatment options which is driving a strong clinical demand for clinically translatable treatment alternatives, including bone tissue engineering applications. Despite these shortcomings, preclinical large animal models of large volume segmental bone defects to investigate the regenerative capacity of bone tissue engineering strategies under clinically relevant conditions are rarely described in literature. We herein present a newly established preclinical ovine animal model for the treatment of XL volume (19 cm 3 ) segmental tibial defects. In eight aged male Merino sheep (age > 6 years) a mid-diaphyseal tibial segmental defect was created and stabilized with a 5.6 mm Dynamic Compression Plate (DCP). We present short-term (3 months) and long-term (12–15 months) results of a pilot study using medical grade Polycaprolactone-Tricalciumphosphate (mPCL-TCP) scaffolds combined with a dose of 2 mg rhBMP-7 delivered in Platelet-Rich- Plasma (PRP). Furthermore, detailed analyses of the mechanical properties of the scaffolds as well as interfragmentary movement (IFM) and DCP-surface strain in vitro and a comprehensive description of the surgical and post-surgery protocol and post-mortem analysis is given.
Relation: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226458/1/Scaffold_Guided_Bone_Regeneration_XL_bone_volume.pdf; Henkel, Jan, Medeiros Savi, Flavia, Berner, Arne, Fountain, Stephanie, Saifzadeh, Siamak, Steck, Roland, Epari, Devakar R., Woodruff, Maria A., Knackstedt, Mark, Schuetz, Michael A., & Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021) Scaffold-guided bone regeneration in large volume tibial segmental defects. Bone, 153, Article number: 116163.; http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC160100026; https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226458/; Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society & Technology; Centre for Biomedical Technologies; Centre for Transformative Biomimetics in Bioeng; Centre for Healthcare Transformation; Academic Division; Faculty of Business & Law; Faculty of Engineering; School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering; Faculty of Health
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