The Benefit of Bone Marrow Concentrate in Addition to a Glass-Reinforced Hydroxyapatite for Bone Regeneration: An In Vivo Ovine Study

作者：Torres Joao; Gutierres Manuel; Atayde Luis; Cortez Paulo; Ascencao Lopes M; Domingos Santos J; Cabral Abel T; van Eck Carola F^*

来源：Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2017, 35(6): 1176-1182.

DOI：10.1002/jor.22800

• bone healing
• bone marrow
• bone substitute

This study evaluates the ability of a Glass Reinforced Hydroxyapatite Composite (GRHC), in a new microporous pellet formulation with autologous bone marrow concentrate (BMC), to enhance bone regeneration and new bone formation. Ninety non-critical sized bone defects were created in the femurs of nine Merino breed sheep and randomly left unfilled (group A), filled with GRHC pellets alone (group B) or filled with GRHC pellets combined with BMC (group C). The sheep were sacrificed at 3 weeks (three sheep), 6 weeks (three sheep) and 12 weeks (three sheep) and histological analysis (Light Microscopy-LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and histomorphometric analysis (HM) were performed. At 3, 6, and 12 weeks, HM revealed an average percentage of new bone of 48, 72, 83%; 25, 73, 80%, and 16, 38, 78% for Groups C, B and A respectively (significantly different only at 3 weeks p<0.05). LM and SEM evaluation revealed earlier formation of well-organized mature lamellar bone in Group C. This study demonstrates that the addition of a bone marrow concentrate to a glass reinforced hydroxyapatite composite in a pellet formulation promotes early bone healing.

• 出版日期2017-6