The use of a bioresorbable nano-crystalline hydroxyapatite paste in acetabular bone impaction grafting

Biomaterials. 2006 Mar;27(7):1110-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.024. Epub 2005 Aug 10.

Abstract

Calcium phosphates such as TCP-HA granules are considered promising bone graft substitutes. In the future, they may completely replace allograft bone for impaction grafting procedures. Mechanically, acetabular reconstructions with TCP-HA granules show high stability, however this is partly caused by excessive cement penetration, which is unfavourable from a biological perspective. It has been hypothesised that mixtures of morselised cancellous bone grafts (MCB) and/or TCP-HA granules with a nano-crystalline hydroxyapatite paste (Ostim) may reduce cement penetration while maintaining adequate implant stability and biocompatibility of the graft mixture. To investigate this hypothesis, destructive lever-out tests and in vivo animal test were performed with various combinations of materials. Mechanically, the addition of 10% Ostim to mixtures of MCB and/or TCP-HA granules reduced cement penetration and resulted in a mechanical stability comparable to pure allograft (the current gold standard). Biologically, the application of Ostim with MCB or TCP-HA granules did not hamper the biocompatibility of the materials. Ostim was mostly osseous-integrated with MCB or TCP-HA granules after 8 weeks. Also, non-osseous-integrated Ostim remnants were observed. In tartrate resistant acid phosphatase stained sections, these few non-osseous integrated Ostim remnants were actively being resorbed by osteoclasts. In conclusion, Ostim HA-paste could be a valuable addition when TCP-HA ceramic granules are being used for acetabular bone impaction grafting procedures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorbable Implants
  • Acetabulum / pathology*
  • Acetabulum / surgery*
  • Animals
  • Bone Cements / chemistry*
  • Bone Substitutes / chemistry*
  • Bone Substitutes / therapeutic use*
  • Crystallization / methods
  • Durapatite / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / pathology
  • Femoral Fractures / therapy
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Rats

Substances

  • Bone Cements
  • Bone Substitutes
  • Durapatite