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Bioabsorbable self-retaining PLA/nano-sized ?-TCP cervical backbone interbody fusion cage in goat fashions: an in vivo examine.
Int J Nanomedicine. 2017;12:7197-7205
Authors: Cao L, Chen Q, Jiang LB, Yin XF, Bian C, Wang HR, Ma YQ, Li XQ, Li XL, Dong J
Summary
STUDY DESIGN: That is an experimental animal examine.
OBJECTIVE: The target of this examine was to match an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion of a novel polylactide/nano-sized ?-tricalcium phosphate (PLA/n?-TCP) bioabsorbable self-retaining cervical fusion cage (BCFC) with an autologous bone graft and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages.
BACKGROUND: Though PLA cervical cages have potential benefits in contrast with conventional supplies, they aren’t at the moment routinely utilized in backbone surgical procedure due to undesirable results equivalent to the shortage of osteoconductivity and osteolysis across the implant. This examine concerned the manufacturing of a bioabsorbable cage from PLA/n?-TCP that was then used as a tool for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) on a goat cervical backbone fusion mannequin.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen goats underwent C3/C4 discectomy and have been randomly divided into three teams based mostly on the next strategies: Group A (n=6), an autologous bone graft; Group B (n=6), PEEK cage crammed with an autologous graft; and Group C (n=6), BCFC crammed with an autologous iliac bone. Radiography was carried out preoperatively and postoperatively and at 1, four, eight, and 12 weeks after the operation. Disc house peak (DSH) was measured on the identical time. After 12 weeks, the fused segments have been harvested and evaluated with useful radiographic views, biomechanical testing, and histological analyses.
RESULTS: Over a 12-week interval, the BCFC and PEEK cage teams exhibited considerably greater DSH values than the bone graft group. Moreover, the BCFC group yielded a considerably decrease vary of movement in axial rotation than each the autologous bone graft and PEEK cage teams. A histologic analysis revealed an elevated intervertebral bone quantity/whole quantity ratio and higher interbody fusion within the BCFC group than within the different teams.
CONCLUSION: The BCFC machine exhibited higher outcomes than the autologous bone graft and PEEK cages in single-level ACDF fashions in vivo. This machine could also be a possible different to the present PEEK cages.
PMID: 29042769 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
