Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 89A, Issue 3, Pages 632-641Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32015
Keywords
bone tissue engineering; porosity; microsphere; scaffold; bone regeneration
Funding
- National Institute of Health [K01AR052352-01A1]
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases [AR-052352-01A1]
- Whitaker Foundation faculty start up funds
- National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research [DE-010369-08]
- Biotechnology Training Program [T32 GM-008715-03]
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Bony craniofacial deficits resulting from injury, disease, or birth defects remain a considerable clinical challenge. hi this study, microsphere-based scaffold fabrication methods were use to study the respective effects of scaffold pore size, open pore Volume, and total void volume fraction on osseous tissue infiltration and bone regeneration in a critical size rat cranial defect. To compare the healing effects of these parameters, three different scaffolds types were fabricated: solid 100 mu m spheres, solid 500 mu m spheres, and hollow 500 mu m spheres. These constructs were implanted into surgically created rat calvarial defects. By 90-days post op, results of micro computed tomography (CT) analysis showed that all scaffolds generated similar amounts of new bone which was significantly greater than untreated controls. Interestingly, the spatial distribution Of new bone within the defect area varied by scaffold group. MicroCT and histological analysis demonstrated healing restricted to the dural side in the hollow 500 mu m group, whereas the solid 500 mu m group demonstrated healing along the dural side and within the center of the defect. Solid 100 mu m groups demonstrated healing along the dural layer, periosteal layer, and within the center of the defect. These results suggest that pore size and closed void volume may both play important roles in scaffold degradation patterns and associated bone healing. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 89A: 632-641, 2009
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