Assessment of the influence of Laser phototherapy on the bone repair process of complete fractures in tibiae of rabbits stabilized with semi-rigid internal fixation treated with or without MTA graft: a histological study
| Autor: | Luiz Guilherme P. Soares, Aline C. P. Silva, Antonio Luiz Barbosa Pinheiro, Nicole R. S. Santos, Bruno Luiz R. C. Neves, Anna Paula L. T. Silva, Jean Nunes dos Santos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Mineral trioxide aggregate
Osteosynthesis business.industry medicine.medical_treatment 030206 dentistry Bone healing Laser law.invention 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Medicine Internal fixation Implant Tibia business Nuclear medicine Fixation (histology) |
| Zdroj: | SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2212534 |
| Popis: | Beside biomaterials, Laser phototherapy has shown positive effects as auxiliary therapy in bone repair process, especially when involving large bone losses. The aim of this histological study was to evaluate, by light microscopy, the influence of laser phototherapy on the repair of complete tibial fractures in rabbits treated or not with semi-rigid internal fixation and Mineral Trioxide Aggregate - MTA graft. Twelve Rabbits were randomly divided into four groups with three animals each. After general anesthesia, complete fractures were created in one tibia with a carborundum disk. All animals (groups I-IV) had the fracture stabilized with semi-rigid fixation (wire osteosynthesis - WO). Group I was routinely fixed with WO; groups II and IV fracture was filled by blood clot and MTA implant. In Groups III and IV fracture was filled by blood clot and further irradiated with laser (λ780 nm, 70 mW, CW, Φ = 0.04 cm 2 , 20.4 J/cm 2 , per session, t = 300s, 142.8 J/cm 2 per treatment). The phototherapy protocol was applied immediately after the surgery and repeated each 48 hours during 15 days. Animal death occurred on the 30th postoperative day. After removal of the specimens, the samples were routinely processed, stained with HE and evaluated by light microscopy. Histologically, the group treated with MTA graft and irradiated with laser showed the fracture filled by a more organized and mature trabecular bone, when compared with all other groups. From the results of the present study, it may be concluded that the association of Laser phototherapy + MTA graft in fractures treated with WO improved bone repair when compared with fractures treated only with WO. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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