Publications associées à 3D Assessment of Mandibular Growth Based on Image Registration: A Feasibility Study in a Rabbit Model

Overcorrected Implants for Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Glenohumeral osteoarthritis is a degenerative shoulder joint disease, which causes the breakdown of articular cartilage and bone. People affected by this disease suffer from severe pain and eventually reduced mobility and poor life quality. This disease is ...

EPFL2021

Integration of hybrid material systems in conformable neural interfaces

Florian Dylan Fallegger

Neural interfaces are devices that are implanted into the body and interface electrically with the central (CNS) or peripheral nervous system. They are inserted surgically for short periods of time or chronically to diagnose or treat several neural disease ...

EPFL2020

Rapid evaluation of bioactive Ti-based surfaces using an in vitro titration method

Paul Bowen, Jacques Lemaître, Weitian Zhao

The prediction of implant behavior in vivo by the use of easy-to-perform in vitro methods is of great interest in biomaterials research. Simulated body fluids (SBFs) have been proposed and widely used to evaluate the bone-bonding ability of implant materia ...

Springer2019

Automated CT bone segmentation using statistical shape modelling and local template matching

Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Büchler, Alain Farron, Elham Taghizadeh

Accurate CT bone segmentation is essential to develop chair-side manufacturing of implants based on additive manufacturing. We herewith present an automated method able to accurately segment challenging bone regions, while simultaneously providing anatomic ...

2019

Knitted Silk-Collagen Scaffold Incorporated with Ligament Stem/Progenitor Cells Sheet for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Osteoarthritis Prevention

Dominique Pioletti, Ting Zhu, Weiliang Shen, Jiayun Huang

Current surgical management of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture still remains an intractable challenge in ACL regeneration due to the weak self-healing capability of ACL. Inadequate cell numbers and vascularization within the articular cavity contr ...

2019

Non-setting, injectable biomaterials containing particulate hydroxyapatite can increase primary stability of bone screws in cancellous bone

Dominique Pioletti, Jorge Solana Munoz, Ulrike Kettenberger

BACKGROUND: Fracture fixation in weak bone is still a clinical challenge. Screw augmentation was shown to successfully increase their primary stability. The currently used calcium phosphate or polymeric bone cements, however, present important drawbacks su ...

2018

Fiber density of collagen grafts impacts rabbit urethral regeneration

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Peter Frey, Hans Mattias Larsson, Elif Vardar, Kalitha Pinnagoda, Ganesh Vythilingam

There is a need for efficient and “off-the-shelf” grafts in urethral reconstructive surgery. Currently available surgical techniques require harvesting of grafts from autologous sites, with increased risk of surgical complications and added patient discomf ...

Nature Research2018

Calcium phosphate formation on titanium-based surfaces: bioactivity evaluated by in vitro methods

Weitian Zhao

The prediction of implant behaviors in vivo by the use of easy-to-perform in vitro methods is of great interest in biomaterials research. In the field of bone implants, it is commonly accepted that a spontaneous formation of a hydroxyapatite (HA) layer on ...

EPFL2018

Knee Implant Loosening Detection: A Vibration Analysis Investigation

Kamiar Aminian, Hossein Rouhani, Arash Arami

Knee implant loosening is mainly caused by the weakness of the prosthesis-bone interface and is the main reason for surgical revisions. However, pre-operative diagnosis is difficult due to lack of accurate tests. In this study, we developed a vibration-bas ...

Springer Verlag2018

Fretting corrosion between bone and calcium phosphate-calcium titanate coatings

Stefano Mischler, Adriana Esguerra Arce

Biocompatibility is one of the biggest challenges for biomaterials development. This issue arises in the case of coatings. Calcium phosphate (CP) coatings are currently used to cover femoral stem implants, while calcium titanate (CT) has also been proposed ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2018

Effect of a collar on subsidence and local micromotion of cementless femoral stems: in vitro comparative study based on micro-computerised tomography

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Valérie Hélène Emilie Malfroy Camine

Purpose The aim of this study is to quantitatively compare the difference in primary stability between collarless and collared versions of the same femoral stem. Specifically, we tested differences in subsidence and micromotion. Methods Collarless and coll ...

2018

Fixed and mobile-bearing total ankle prostheses: Effect on tibial bone strain

Alexandre Terrier, Maïka Réane Guillemin, Xavier Crevoisier, Caroline Sieger Fernandes

Background Total ankle replacement is associated to a high revision rate. To improve implant survival, the potential advantage of prostheses with fixed bearing compared to mobile bearing is unclear. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis th ...

Elsevier2017

In vitro and in vivo investigation of bisphosphonate-loaded hydroxyapatite particles for peri-implant bone augmentation

Dominique Pioletti, Ulrike Kettenberger

Locally applied bisphosphonates, such as Zoledronate, have been shown in several studies to inhibit peri-implant bone resorption and recently to enhance peri-implant bone formation. Studies have also demonstrated positive effects of hydroxyapatite particle ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Micromotion-induced peri-prosthetic fluid flow around a cementless femoral stem

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Valérie Hélène Emilie Malfroy Camine

Micromotion-induced interstitial fluid flow at the bone-implant interface has been proposed to play an important role in aseptic loosening of cementless implants. High fluid velocities are thought to promote aseptic loosening through activation of osteocla ...

Taylor & Francis2017

Implant-based three-dimensional superimposition of the growing mandible in a rabbit model

The reliable assessment of craniofacial morphological changes during growth requires invariant regions for image registration. As these regions have not yet been identified in three dimensions, intra-osseous implants are required as fiducial markers for th ...

Oxford Univ Press2016

Engineered acellular collagen scaffold for endogenous cell guidance, a novel approach in urethral regeneration

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Peter Frey, Hans Mattias Larsson, Elif Vardar, Kalitha Pinnagoda, Ganesh Vythilingam

The treatment of congenital malformations or injuries of the urethra using existing autologous tissues can be associated with post-operative complications. Using rat-tail collagen, we have engineered an acellular high-density collagen tube. These tubes wer ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Full-field measurement of micromotion around a cementless femoral stem using micro-CT imaging and radiopaque markers

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Valérie Hélène Emilie Malfroy Camine, Hannes Andreas Rüdiger

A good primary stability of cementless femoral stems is essential for the long-term success of total hip arthroplasty. Experimental measurement of implant micromotion with linear variable differential transformers is commonly used to assess implant primary ...

Elsevier2016

Micromotion and fluid flow around cementless femoral components in total hip arthroplasty

Valérie Hélène Emilie Malfroy Camine

Cementless total hip arthroplasty is a highly successful and reliable procedure to restore joint function and reduce pain in patients with severe osteoarthritis. Nevertheless, despite the technical advances over the last decades in the development of cemen ...

EPFL2016

Eyewatch, an Innovative Adjustable GDD for the Treatment of Glaucoma - in Vivo Results

André Mermoud, Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Sylvain Roy, Adan Villamarin, Stéphane Bigler

PURPOSE: To report the in vivo results of a continuously adjustable glaucoma drainage device (GDD) in glaucoma surgery with rabbits. METHODS: Under general anesthesia, the AGDD was implanted on 12 white New-Zealand rabbits for duration of 6 months. The adj ...

Springer2016

Peri-implant bone adaptations to overloading in rat tibiae: experimental investigations and numerical predictions

Joël Cugnoni, John Botsis, Marco Piccinini

Objectives(i) To assess the effects of mechanical overloading on implant integration in rat tibiae, and (ii) to numerically predict peri-implant bone adaptation. Materials and methodsTranscutaneous titanium implants were simultaneously placed into both tib ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016