Assessment in rats of a new bioerodible bone-wax-like polymer

Autor: Einar Sudmann, Gisle Bang, Hanna Strømme Koppang, Ole-Gunnar Anfinsen, Rolf Koppang, Steinar Ørbeck Stølen, Bjørn Sudmann
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 64:336-339
ISSN: 0001-6470
DOI: 10.3109/17453679308993639
Popis: Holes drilled in rats' skull, iliac crest, and tibia were filled with beeswax or with a new, wax-like, bioerodible polyorthoester (Alzamer®). Empty drill-holes served as controls. In addition, beeswax and polyorthoester were deposited between the left and the right oblique abdominal muscles, respectively. In muscle, both the beeswax and polyorthoester elicited a transient foreign body reaction. The beeswax was not resorbed in bone or muscle, whereas the polyorthoester was. Bone healing was inhibited in the iliac crest and the tibiae filled with beeswax, whereas holes filled with polyorthoester healed readily.
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