Unitary bioresorbable cage/core bone graft substitutes for spinal arthrodesis coextruded from polycaprolactone biocomposites

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1073-1087

  Ergun, Asli ^a   Chung, Rebecca ^a   Ward, Daniel ^a   Valdevit, Antonio ^a   Ritter, Arthur ^a   Kalyon, Dilhan M ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable interbody cage; Bone graft substitute; Co extrusion; Hydroxyapatite; Polycaprolactone; Therapeutic spinal arthrodesis; Tricalcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATE; ARTHRODESIS; BIO-COMPOSITES; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIORESORBABLE; BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES; BONE MARKERS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CELL PROLIFERATION RATE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COMPRESSIVE FATIGUE; CRYSTALLINITIES; CT IMAGE; CYCLIC FATIGUE; HUMAN BONE MARROW DERIVED STROMAL CELLS; IN-VITRO; INTERCONNECTED POROSITY; MINERALIZED BONE; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOCONDUCTIVITY; OSTEOGENIC; OSTEOPONTIN; RELAXATION MODULUS; TESTING CONDITIONS; TIME DEPENDENCY; TRI-CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROXYAPATITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; TISSUE;

BONE;

BETA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE PROSTHESIS; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; SPINE FUSION; STROMA CELL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; DURAPATITE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; SPINAL FUSION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84862013312     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0484-1     Document Type: Article

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