Silver methenamine staining for scanning electron microscopy of bone sections containing biomaterials

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-15

  Frayssinet, Patrick ^a,d   Hanker, Jacob S ^b   Rouquet, Nicole ^a   Primout, Isabelle ^a   Giammara, Beverly ^c  

^a Bioland   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Back scatter; Biomaterial; Bone; SEM; Silver methenamine

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILVER METHENAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0033001024     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299909066471     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Frayssinet, P., Tourenne, F., Primout, I., Delga, C., Sergent, E., Besse, C., Conte, P. and Guilhem, A. 1993. Method for the examination of bone implanted nonpolymeric biomaterials using reflected and transmitted light microscopy. A study of the relation structure-degradation. Biotech. & Histochem. 68: 333-341.
2. Frayssinet, P., Hardy, D., Hanker, J. S. and Giammara, B. L. 1995. Natural history of bone response to hydroxyapatite-coated hip prostheses implanted in humans. Cells and Mater. 5: 125-138.
3. Goldstein, J. I., Newbury, D. E., Echlin, P., Joy, D. C., Romig, A. D., Lyman, C. E., Fiori, C. and Lifshin, E. 1992. Electron-Specimen Interactions. In: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis. A Text for Biologists, Materials Scientists and Geologists. Plenum Press, New York and London. pp. 69-140.
4. Hanker, J. S., Seaman, A. R., Weiss, L. P., Ueno, H., Bergman, R. A. and Seligman, A. M. 1964. Osmiophilic reagents: new cytochemical principle for light and electron microscopy. Science 146: 1039-1043.
5. Hanker, J. and Giammara, B. 1993. Microwave-accelerated cytochemical stains for the image analysis and the electron microscopic examination of light microscopy diagnostic slides. Scanning 15: 67-80.
6. ISO 10993-6 Standard: Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices - part 6: tests for local effects after implantation.
7. Karnowsky, M. J. 1965. A formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde fixative at high osmolality for use in electron microsopy. J. Cell Biol. 27: 137A-138A.
8. Kokubo, T., Ito, S., Huang, Z. T., Hayashi, T., Sakka, S., Kitsugi, T. and Yamamuro, T. 1990. Ca, P-rich layer formed on high-strength bioactive glass-ceramic A-W. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 24: 331-343.
9. Seligman, A. M., Hanker, J. S., Wasserkrug, H., Dmochowski, H. and Katzoff, L. 1965. Histochemical demonstration of some oxidized macromolecules with thiocarbohydrazide (TCH) or thiosemicarbazide (TSC) and osmium tetroxicle. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 13: 629-639.