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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH
Volume 75, Issue 3, Pages 240-250Publisher
AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.75.3.240
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- Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institutes Inc
- US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
- Orlumet LLC
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Objective-To determine the response of cortical bone to a multicomponent and nanostructural polymeric matrix as a drug delivery system for enhancing bone healing. Animals-20 healthy adult crossbred goats. Procedures-A 3.5-mm-diameter unicortical defect was created in each tibia (day 0), and goats (4 goats/group) were treated as follows: not treated (control group), grafted with the matrix, grafted with antimicrobial (tigecycline and tobramycin)-impregnated matrix, grafted with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein type 2 (rhBMP-2)-impregnated matrix, or grafted with antimicrobial- and rhBMP-2-impregnated matrix. Elution kinetics of antimicrobials was monitored through plasma concentrations. Bone response was assessed with radiographic scoring (days 1 and 30) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (days 1, 14, and 30). Goats were euthanized on day 30, and histomorphologic analysis was performed. Categorical variables were analyzed with a generalized linear model, and continuous variables were analyzed with an ANOVA. Results-Plasma antimicrobial concentrations indicated continued release throughout the study. Radiography and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry did not reveal significant differences among treatments on day 30. Periosteal reactions were significantly greater surrounding bone defects grafted with rhBMP-2-impregnated matrix than those not treated or grafted with matrix or with antimicrobial-impregnated matrix; periosteal reactions were similar in bone defects grafted with rhBMP-2-impregnated matrix and antimicrobial- and rhBMP-2-impregnated matrix. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-The matrix served as an antimicrobial delivery system and stimulated bone proliferation when rhBMP-2 was present. Antimicrobial and rhBMP-2 can be used concurrently, but the presence of antimicrobials may affect the performance of rhBMP-2.
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