Novel adhesive polymeric membranes for binding degradable composite materials to bone in craniomaxillofacial repair

面部和颅骨畸形（颅颌面畸形，CMF）可由高冲击力 ** 创伤、先天性畸形或肿瘤引起，可导致功能性残疾 ** 和身体毁容。就像一个破碎的花瓶，断裂的CMF骨架需要多个碎片的对齐和稳定才能成功重建。在重建手术中，通常使用钢板和螺钉，并发症发生在所有病例的一半以上。研究人员一直致力于开发一种用于颅骨外科重建的复合材料（骨带）。这个概念是一个强大的管道胶带一样的设备，可以 ** 坚持骨头，并用于重新连接骨折碎片，并保持稳定，直到他们愈合。复合材料的特性提供了强度、多功能性和易用性的独特组合，胶带的灵活性允许包裹和粘合到骨骼中发现的复杂骨骼轮廓。复合材料也是由材料制成的，在骨折愈合后，随着时间的推移，这些材料最终会（并且 ** 安全地）吸收，只留下修复的骨头。在与行业一起开发这一概念时，临床医生使用了一些商业牙科骨水泥，这些骨水泥不可降解，可能会产生残留颗粒，外科医生希望将其吸收和消除。因此，需要一种具有适当物理、表面和生物相容性的可降解粘合剂聚合物的概念，该聚合物可以与复合材料相界面。该项目最终将为这种可降解有机聚合物粘合剂提供基础。我们的临床和科学团队 ** 致力于将新型粘合剂沿着当前的复合材料应用于实践，以 ** 改善治疗和结果，减少并发症，改善严重CMF损伤和畸形患者的生活。

Deformities of the face and skull (craniomaxillofacial, CMF) can result from high impact**trauma, congenital malformations or tumours, which can lead to both functional disabilities**and physical disfigurement. Much like a shattered vase, the fractured CMF skeleton requires**alignment and stabilization of multiple pieces for successful reconstruction. In reconstructive**surgery, generally using plates and screws, complications occur in up to half of all cases. The**investigators have been working on the development of a composite material (Bone Tape)**for skull surgical reconstruction. The concept is a strong duct tape like device that can**adhere to bone and be used to reattach fractured pieces and hold them stable until they heal.**The properties of the composite offer a unique combination of strength, versatility and ease of**use, with the flexibility of tape allowing wrapping and bonding to the complex bone contours**found in the skeleton. The composite is also made of materials that will eventually (and**safely) resorb over time after the fracture has healed, leaving only the mended bones behind.**In developing this concept with industry, the clinicians used some commercial dental bone**cements that are not degradable and may generate residual particulate which the surgeons**would prefer to be resorbed and eliminated. Hence, there is a need for the conception of a**degradable adhesive polymer with appropriate physical, surface and biocompatibility**properties that can interphase with composites. This project will ultimately provide the**foundation for such a degradable organic polymer adhesive. Our clinical and scientific team is**committed to translating the novel adhesive along with current composites into practice, in**order to improve treatment and outcomes, with less complications and better lives for those**recovering from serious CMF injuries and deformities.