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Hydroxyapatite

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Local delivery of bisphosphonate from coated orthopedic implants increases implants mechanical stability in osteoporotic rats

Dominique Pioletti, Randoald Müller, Bastian Peter

Patients with osteoporosis and joint disabilities represent a constant growing and challenging population to be treated in the musculoskeletal clinical field. Especially in the case of total hip arthroplasty, new solutions should be developed to compensate ...

2006

Pathological mineralization of cardiac valves: Causes and mechanism

Philippe Buffat, Elena Suvorova Buffat

Objective. Mechanism of calcification of cardiac valves was investigated through a comparative characterization of structure, morphology, and size of hydroxyapatite (HAP) crystals formed in mineral deposit on cardiac valves, bone tissue, and crystals synth ...

2005

The effect of bisphosphonates and titanium particles on osteoblasts: an in vitro study

Dominique Pioletti, Bastian Peter

In an attempt to increase the life of cementless prostheses, an hydroxyapatite-coated implant which releases a bisphosphonate has been suggested as a drug-delivery system. Our in vitro study was designed to determine the maximum dose to which osteoblasts c ...

2005

Calcium phosphate drug delivery system: influence of local zoledronate release on bone implant osteointegration

Dominique Pioletti, Bastian Peter

Despite total hip replacement (THR) gives generally satisfactory results, the quality of outcome in young patients is markedly decreased compared to the average THR outcome. For this population, pharmacological treatment with bisphosphonate would be benefi ...

2005