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Evaluation of hydroxylapatite/poly(l-lactide) composites: physico-chemical properties

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The aim of this in vitro study was to examine the physico-chemical behaviour of hydroxylapatite/poly(l-lactide) (HA/PLLA) composites in solution tests. The polymer PLLA, the composites 30 wt% HA/PLLA (C30) and 50 wt% HA/PLLA (C50) and a one-side HA-coated PLLA (HAcP) were evaluated. Rectangular specimens were incubated in various acellular aqueous buffer solutions [citrate, Gomori's and phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)] up to 24 weeks. Data for cumulative release of calcium, phosphate and l-lactate release in solutions containing C30 or C50 showed linear patterns. Release data for solutions containing HAcP combined with scanning micrographs, X-ray microanalysis and X-ray diffraction patterns of the specimens in time showed that the plasma-sprayed HA coating on PLLA dissolves significantly, progressively in the first weeks and almost completely within the tested period of 24 weeks in vitro. A precipitate of scaly crystallites (calcium phosphates) was observed at the HA coating-PBS interface. After 24 weeks incubation all materials were still above their initial weight, indicating that swelling still exceeded dissolution. Application of C30, C50 and HAcP as implant materials seems interesting where initial stabilization through bone bonding is needed or where the linear release of constituents is a requirement. HAcP has the advantage that the HA coating acts as a hydrolysis barrier and consequently delays the degradation of PLLA in vitro.

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  1. Biomaterials Research Group, Department of Biomaterials, School of Medicine, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

    C. C. P. M. Verheyen, C. P. A. T. Klein, J. G. C. Wolke, C. A. Van Blitterswijn & K. De Groot

  2. Biomaterials Research Group, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands

    C. C. P. M. Verheyen

  3. ACTA Oral Implantology, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. P. A. T. Klein & J. M. A. De Blieck-Hogervorst

  4. Biomaterials Research Group, Laboratory for Otobiology and Biocompatibility, School of Medicine, Leiden, The Netherlands

    C. A. Van Blitterswijn

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Verheyen, C.C.P.M., Klein, C.P.A.T., De Blieck-Hogervorst, J.M.A. et al. Evaluation of hydroxylapatite/poly(l-lactide) composites: physico-chemical properties. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 4, 58–65 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122979

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