Mechanical verification of soft-tissue attachment on bioactive glasses and titanium implants
Mechanical verification of soft-tissue attachment on bioactive glasses and titanium implants
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DOI:
10.1016/j.actbio.2008.02.012
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发表时间:
2008-07-01
影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
Aro, Hannu T.
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作者:
Zhao, Desheng;Moritz, Niko;Aro, Hannu T.
Soft-tissue attachment is a desired feature of many clinical biomaterials. The aim of the current study was to design a suitable experimental method for tensile testing of implant incorporation with soft-tissues. Conical implants were made of three compositions of bioactive glass (SiO2-P2O5-B2O3-Na2O-K2O-CaO-MgO) or titanium fiber mesh (porosity 84.7%). The implants were surgically inserted into the dorsal subcutaneous soft-tissue or back muscles in the rat. Soft-tissue attachment was evaluated by pull-out testing using a custom-made jig 8 weeks after implantation. Titanium fiber mesh implants had developed a relatively high pull-out force in subcutaneous tissue (12.33 +/- 5.29 N, mean +/- SD) and also measurable attachment with muscle tissue (2.46 +/- 1.33 N). The bioactive glass implants failed to show mechanically relevant soft-tissue bonding. The experimental set-up of mechanical testing seems to be feasible for verification studies of soft-tissue attachment. The inexpensive small animal model is beneficial for large-scale in vivo screening of new biomaterials. (C) 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.