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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2025

A magnesium calcium phosphate-based cement as a bone adhesive: characterization and biomechanical evaluation.

Philipp Heilig, Sina Ritzmann, Maximilian Heilig, Martin Cornelius Jordan, Rainer Heribert Meffert, Uwe Gbureck, Stefanie Hoelscher-Doht

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Philipp HeiligDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany. philipp.heilig@icloud.com.
Sina RitzmannDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Maximilian HeiligDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Martin Cornelius JordanDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Rainer Heribert MeffertDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Uwe GbureckDepartment for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University Hospital Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, 97070, Würzburg, Germany.
Stefanie Hoelscher-DohtDepartment of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacherstraße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.

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backgroundUsually, comminuted fractures contain fragments that are too small for fixation with Kirschner (K)-wires or screws. For those bony or osteochondral fragments, a bone adhesive would be desirable to, for example, enable easy anatomic reduction, avoid discarding of the fragments, and enable temporary fixation to visualize reduction before definitive osteosynthesis is performed. Most of the currently available bone adhesives have shortcomings, such as cytotoxicity, lack of resorbability, and inadequate mechanical properties. Thus, there is room for improved bone adhesives. The present work involves synthesis, characterization, and biomechanical evaluation of three variants of a novel magnesium calcium phostphate-based cement that may be used as a bone adhesive.

methodsThree novel experimental formulations of a magnesium calcium phosphate-based cement and a commercially-available cyanoacrylate bone adhesive (Glubran

resultsAmong the experimental cement formulations, HT-MPC had the highest compressive strength (26.8 ± 9.5 MPa), MPCa_22.5 had the highest cyclic increasing load-to-failure (162 ± 40 N) and the highest load-to-failure (295 ± 84 N), while the highest calculated shear strength was obtained with both MPC_25 and MPCa_22.5 (0.27 ± 0.12 and 0.26 ± 0.06 MPa, respectively), and the highest torque-to-failure was obtained with both MPCa_22.5 and HT-MPC (2.2 ± 0.8 and 2.1 ± 1.2 Nm, respectively). The calculated shear strength for the experimental cement formulations (0.13-0.38 MPa) is above the minimum that has been suggested to be required for a bone adhesive to be used in clinical practice (0.2 MPa). Relative to the experimental cement formulations, the compressive strength of Glubran

conclusionsEach of the synthesized novel magnesium calcium phosphate-based cement formulations has adequate compressive strength, shear strength and resistance to fatigue failure. Thus, each merits further study for use in intraoperative fixation of small bone fragments.

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Bone CementsCalcium PhosphatesMagnesium CompoundsPhosphatesAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCompressive StrengthMaterials TestingSwineBone Cementscalcium phosphateCalcium PhosphatesMagnesium Compoundsmagnesium phosphatePhosphatesBone adhesiveBone glueFracture modelMagnesium phosphatePorcine tibiaeTibial head split fractures

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