Journal
INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS
Volume 38, Issue 7, Pages 1513-1517Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2349-3
Keywords
Bone grafts; Antibiotics; BMP-7; Bone banking; Storage; Quality control
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- Experimental Orthopedics, Innsbruck Medical University
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The aim of this study was to quantify the amount of bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP-7) in bone samples in different storage and treatment conditions used in bone banks and thereby evaluate the benefit of this test as a routine measure before bone grafting. Fresh as well as frozen bone chips, each with and without antibiotic impregnation, were screened for their BMP-7 content. Human bone chips were produced from femoral heads of two female donors who had undergone total hip replacement surgery. The amount of BMP-7 was detected using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. There were no significant differences between groups in samples obtained from the first femoral head. Bone-chip samples derived from the second femoral head showed significant differences between groups. The actual amount of these differences was small and most likely biologically irrelevant. It is important to note that there was a significant difference between groups when comparing both femoral heads, reflecting donor-to-donor variability. ELISA testing for BMP-7 as a qualitative measurement of bone grafts should be considered a routine quality-control test for bone banks.
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