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@INPROCEEDINGS{Galli:205636,
author = {Galli, Silvia and Szakacs, Gabor and Lukac, Frantisek and
Vlcek, Marian and Jimbo, Ryo and Naito, Yoshihito and
Wennerberg, Ann and Herzen, Julia and Hammel, Joerg and
Willumeit, Regine},
title = {{O}sseointegration of resorbable magnesium screws – {A}
{SR}μ{CT} {S}tudy},
journal = {European cells $\&$ materials},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
issn = {1473-2262},
address = {Davos, Switzerland},
publisher = {AO fundation},
reportid = {PUBDB-2015-00196},
pages = {64},
year = {2014},
note = {OA},
abstract = {The development of resorbable osteofixation materials that
degrade upon substitution by regenerated tissue is highly
desirable in orthopaedics. Magnesium is promising as
implantable material, because of its biocompatibility,
osteoconductivity and biodegradation under physiological
conditions [1]. Through the selection of alloying elements,
the mechanical properties and corrosion behaviour of
magnesium can be modulated for application in load-bearing
situations. The aim of our research was to investigate the
bone integration and the corrosion process of Al-free
Mg-alloys in vivo. Our hypothesis was that Mg-based implants
stimulate bone growth.METHODS: Mini-screws of two different
Mg- alloys, Mg10Gd and Mg-Y-RE (WE43) were manufactured at
HZG. The cytocompatibility of the selected alloys was
formerly tested and validated in vitro [2, 3]. The
mini-screws were implanted in rats after ethical approval.
After 1 and 3 months of healing, cylindrical bone-implant
blocks were retrieved. Samples were imaged at the P05
Imaging Beamline (IBL) operated by HZG at PETRA III – DESY
(Hamburg). We used monochromatic X-rays at 25 keV to take
900 projections and a field of view of 7mm x 1.8 mm, which
resulted in 5X magnification with a resolution of ~2.5 μm.
3D data sets were computed using filtered back projection
algorithms.RESULTS: The inserted implants healed without any
observable adverse effect. On the basis of tomographic data,
we were able to compute three- dimensional renderings of
dvrscrews and bone with high contrast-to-noise ratios. A
qualitative evaluation of the data revealed inhomogeneous
surface corrosion of the screws, which maintained their
original shape within the study period. New bone formation
was observed in all of our samples. We found a considerable
increase of implant-bone contact sites with progressing
healing time. A quantitative analysis of the tomographic
data indicated spatial differences in bone density. In
proximity of the implant, newly formed bone matured and
became dense after 3 months.Top: Horizontal (left) and
vertical (right) sections of a screw after 3 months of
healing. Fragments of implants, completely integrated in the
bone, are visible. Bar 0.25 mm. Bottom: Orthogonal cut
planes (left) and volume rendering (right), showing an
implant (gray) into the bone (purple).DISCUSSION $\&$
CONCLUSIONS: The SRμCT showed osseointegration of Mg10Gd
and WE43. Although the spatial resolution was not sufficient
to fully elucidate the alloys microstructure, we observed
the distribution of the high absorbing regions in the
materials, possibly intermetallic phases and Y or RE oxides.
The corrosion of the alloys was slow. Biocompatibility of
the tested materials was confirmed by bone growth in
intimate contact with the implants.REFERENCES: 1 Witte F,2
et al (2005) Biomaterials 26:3557-3563. Feyerabend F,
Fischer J, et al (2010) Acta Biomater. 6:1834-1842. 3Johnson
I, et al. H (2011) JBMR-A.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Founding from
the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) Seventh Framework
Programme FP7/2007-2013/ under REA grant agreements n°
289163 and n° 312284.},
month = {Aug},
date = {2014-08-24},
organization = {6th Symposium on Biodegradable Metals,
Maratea (Italy), 24 Aug 2014 - 29 Aug
2014},
cin = {HZG},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HZG-20120731},
pnm = {PETRA Beamline P05 (POF2-54G14) / FS-Proposal: I-20130475
EC (I-20130475-EC) / MAGNIM - Tailored biodegradable
magnesium implant materials (289163)},
pid = {G:(DE-H253)POF2-P05-20130405 / G:(DE-H253)I-20130475-EC /
G:(EU-Grant)289163},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P05-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16 / PUB:(DE-HGF)8},
doi = {10.3204/PUBDB-2015-00196},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/205636},
}