Authors: Y H Hsu I G Turner A W Miles
Publish Date: 2007/06/07
Volume: 18, Issue: 10, Pages: 1931-1937
Abstract
Porous hydroxyapatite/tricalcium phosphate HA/TCP granules were fabricated by a novel technique of vacuum impregnation of reticulated polyurethane PU foams with ceramic slip The resultant granules had 5–10 interconnected porosity with controlled pore sizes necessary to allow bone ingrowth combined with good mechanical properties Using PU foams with a different number of pores per inch ppi porous HA/TCP granules in the size range of 2–8 mm were successfully manufactured Dieplunger tests were used to compare the compression and relaxation properties of the granules with those of a commercially available bone graft product BoneSave® The results of the dieplunger testing showed that the experimental granules were stiffer than the BoneSave® materials and had less of a tendency to crumble to powder after testing This therefore suggests that these experimental granules would be useful for impaction grafting and space filling applications
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