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To investigate the feasibility of implanting the biocomposite of calcium phosphate cement (CPC)/polylactic acid-polyglycolic acid (PLGA) into animals for bone defects repairing, the biocomposite of CPC/PLGA was prepared and its setting time, compressive strength, elastic modulus, pH values, phase composition of the samples, degradability and biocompatibility in vitro were tested. The above-mentioned composite implanted with bone marrow stromal cells was used to repair defects of the radius in rabbits. Osteogenesis was histomorphologically observed by using an electron-microscope. The results show that compared with the CPC, the physical and chemical properties of CPC/PLGA composite have some differences in which CPC/PLGA composite has better biological properties. The CPC/PLGA composite combined with seed cells is superior to the control in terms of the amount of new bones formed after CPC/PLGA composite is implanted into the rabbits, as well as the speed of repairing bone defects. The results suggest that the constructed CPC/PLGA composite basically meets the requirements of tissue engineering scaffold materials and that the CPC/PLGA composite implanted with bone marrow stromal cells may be a new artificial bone material for repairing bone defects because it can promote the growth of bone tissues.
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Zheng, Z., Wang, Jl., Mi, L. et al. Preparation of new tissue engineering bone-CPC/PLGA composite and its application in animal bone defects. J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. 17, 202–210 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-010-0031-5
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