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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Engraftment of Prevascularized, Tissue Engineered Constructs in a Novel Rabbit Segmental Bone Defect Model.

Alexandre Kaempfen, Atanas Todorov, Sinan Güven, René D Largo, Claude Jaquiéry, Arnaud Scherberich, Ivan Martin, Dirk J Schaefer

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexandre KaempfenClinic for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. alexander.kaempfen@usb.ch.
Atanas TodorovInstitute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. Atanas.Todorovjr@usb.ch.
Sinan GüvenInstitute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. guvens@stanford.edu.
René D LargoClinic for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. rene.largo@usb.ch.
Claude JaquiéryClinic for Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. claude.jaquiery@usb.ch.
Arnaud ScherberichInstitute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. arnaud.scherberich@usb.ch.
Ivan MartinInstitute for Surgical Research and Hospital Management, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. ivan.martin@usb.ch.
Dirk J SchaeferClinic for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. dirk.schaefer@usb.ch.
University Hospital of Basel · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gold standard treatment of large segmental bone defects is autologous bone transfer, which suffers from low availability and additional morbidity. Tissue engineered bone able to engraft orthotopically and a suitable animal model for pre-clinical testing are direly needed. This study aimed to evaluate engraftment of tissue-engineered bone with different prevascularization strategies in a novel segmental defect model in the rabbit humerus. Decellularized bone matrix (Tutobone) seeded with bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells was used directly orthotopically or combined with a vessel and inserted immediately (1-step) or only after six weeks of subcutaneous "incubation" (2-step). After 12 weeks, histological and radiological assessment was performed. Variable callus formation was observed. No bone formation or remodeling of the graft through TRAP positive osteoclasts could be detected. Instead, a variable amount of necrotic tissue formed. Although necrotic area correlated significantly with amount of vessels and the 2-step strategy had significantly more vessels than the 1-step strategy, no significant reduction of necrotic area was found. In conclusion, the animal model developed here represents a highly challenging situation, for which a suitable engineered bone graft with better prevascularization, better resorbability and higher osteogenicity has yet to be developed.

Indexed as

Tissue EngineeringAnimalsBone ResorptionBone TransplantationCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalFemurMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationRabbitsTissue ScaffoldsTransplantation, Autologousanimal modelbone resorptiondecellularized boneosteosynthesis vascularizationtissue engineering

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PMID26053395
PMCPMC4490464
OpenAlexW1580957920

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