Affiliation:
1. From the Division of Otolaryngology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
2. From the Department of Materials, Science, and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Abstract
Four biomaterials, UF45S5 Bioglass, Silastic, Plasti-Pore, and Proplast, were used to replace the incus in a mouse ear model. Bioglass, a bioactive glass ceramic, compared favorably with the other test materials in maintaining surgical positioning between malleus and stapes and remaining stable to a blast of nitrogen gas and to pick manipulation. In a short-term animal study, Bioglass showed histocompatibility comparable to that of these other implant materials now used in ossicular replacement surgery in humans.
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery
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30 articles.
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