Evaluation of Bone Healing of Artificial Defects in Laboratory Animals After Covering with Alloplastic Material

Abstract

Bone defects are commonly seen in clinical practice. They are caused by different types of trauma, infections, congenital malformations and cancers. Current approaches to skeletal reconstructive surgery use biomaterials, autografts or allografts. The aim of this study was to analyze bone repair from histologic point of view. To study the repair of bone defects, we used two batches of Wistar mices (Lat Rattus Norvegicus). The 46 subjects under study were divided into two equal lots. In all subjects, a round defect with a diameter of 5 mm was surgically performed on the right and left parietal bone. In the 23 subjects in group I the defect in the left parietal bone was covered with alloplastic material (Osteoset) and the defect in the right parietal bone was not covered with osteoconductive, osteoinductive or osteogenic materials. Regarding subjects in group study II, none of the surgically created bone defects were covered with alloplastic materials. Euthanasia of the subjects included in the study was performed at 2 and 4 months respectively, at the time of surgery. Euthanasia, bone sampling and assembly for microscopic preparations were done on the same day. The histological analysis of a bone repair shows the direct correlation between the healing process and the addition of alloplastic materials (Osteoset).