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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
We implanted nails made of titanium (Ti6Al4V) and of two types of glass ceramic material (RKKP and AP40) into healthy and osteopenic rats. After two months, a histomorphometric analysis was performed and the affinity index calculated. In addition, osteoblasts from normal and osteopenic bone were cultured and the biomaterials were evaluated in vitro. In normal bone the rate of osseointegration was similar for all materials tested (p < 0.5) while in osteopenic bone AP40 did not osseointegrate (p < 0.0005). In vitro, no differences were observed for all biomaterials when cultured in normal bone-derived cells whereas in osteopenic-bone-derived cells there was a significant difference in some of the tested parameters when using AP40. Our findings suggest that osteopenic models may be used in vivo in the preclinical evaluation of orthopaedic biomaterials. We suggest that primary cell cultures from pathological models could be used as an experimental model in vitro.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0301-620X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
139-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Biocompatibility and osseointegration in osteoporotic bone.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Surgery Department, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't