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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Biodegradable Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration Combined with Drug-Delivery Systems in Osteomyelitis Therapy.

Rossella Dorati, Antonella DeTrizio, Tiziana Modena, Bice Conti, Francesco Benazzo, Giulia Gastaldi, Ida Genta

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Rossella DoratiDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. rossella.dorati@unipv.it.
Antonella DeTrizioDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Antonella.detrizio01@universitadipavia.it.
Tiziana ModenaDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. tiziiana.modena@unipv.it.
Bice ContiDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. bice.conti@unipv.it.
Francesco BenazzoCenter of Health Technology, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Francesco.benazzo@unipv.it.
Giulia GastaldiCentre oh Health Technology (CHT), Via Ferrata 1, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. giulia.gastaldi@unipv.it.
Ida GentaDepartment of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Ida.genta@unipv.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A great deal of research is ongoing in the area of tissue engineering (TE) for bone regeneration. A possible improvement in restoring damaged tissues involves the loading of drugs such as proteins, genes, growth factors, antibiotics, and anti-inflammatory drugs into scaffolds for tissue regeneration. This mini-review is focused on the combination of the local delivery of antibiotic agents with bone regenerative therapy for the treatment of a severe bone infection such as osteomyelitis. The review includes a brief explanation of scaffolds for bone regeneration including scaffolds characteristics and types, a focus on severe bone infections (especially osteomyelitis and its treatment), and a literature review of local antibiotic delivery by the combination of scaffolds and drug-delivery systems. Some examples related to published studies on gentamicin sulfate-loaded drug-delivery systems combined with scaffolds are discussed, and future perspectives are highlighted.

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antibioticsbone regenerationgentamicinosteomyelitisscaffold

Identifiers

PMID29231857
PMCPMC5748651

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