Journal article
Building better bone: The weaving of biologic and engineering strategies for managing bone loss
Journal of orthopaedic research, Vol.35(9), pp.1855-1864
09/2017
DOI: 10.1002/jor.23592
PMID: 28467648
Abstract
Segmental bone loss remains a challenging clinical problem for orthopaedic trauma surgeons. In addition to the missing bone itself, the local tissues (soft tissue, vascular) are often highly traumatized as well, resulting in a less than ideal environment for bone regeneration. As a result, attempts at limb salvage become a highly expensive endeavor, often requiring multiple operations and necessitating the use of every available strategy (autograft, allograft, bone graft substitution, Masquelet, bone transport, etc.) to achieve bony union. A cost-sensitive, functionally appropriate, and volumetrically adequate engineered substitute would be practice-changing for orthopaedic trauma surgeons and these patients with difficult clinical problems. In tissue engineering and bone regeneration fields, numerous research efforts continue to make progress toward new therapeutic interventions for segmental bone loss, including novel biomaterial development as well as cell-based strategies. Despite an ever-evolving literature base of these new therapeutic and engineered options, there remains a disconnect with the clinical practice, with very few translating into clinical use. A symposium entitled "Building better bone: The weaving of biologic and engineering strategies for managing bone loss," was presented at the 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society Conference to further explore this engineering-clinical disconnect, by surveying basic, translational, and clinical researchers along with orthopaedic surgeons and proposing ideas for pushing the bar forward in the field of segmental bone loss. © 2017 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 35:1855-1864, 2017.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Building better bone: The weaving of biologic and engineering strategies for managing bone loss
- Creators
- Andrew M Schwartz - Emory UniversityMara L Schenker - Emory UniversityJaimo Ahn - University of PennsylvaniaNick J Willett - Emory University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of orthopaedic research, Vol.35(9), pp.1855-1864
- DOI
- 10.1002/jor.23592
- PMID
- 28467648
- NLM abbreviation
- J Orthop Res
- ISSN
- 0736-0266
- eISSN
- 1554-527X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2017
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984304690402771
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