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The effect of local application of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on the bone healing of rabbit calvarial defects—a pilot study

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Title
The effect of local application of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on the bone healing of rabbit calvarial defects—a pilot study
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, December 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13018-016-0494-7
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Ivan Puhar, Li Ma, Dina Suleimenova, Vasileios Chronopoulos, Nikos Mattheos

Abstract

The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of local application of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) on the bone healing of rabbit calvarial defects that were augmented with different grafting materials and membranes. Four calvarial defects were created in each of two New Zealand rabbits and filled with the following materials: biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP), deproteinized bovine bone mineral covered with a non-cross-linked collagen membrane (BO/BG), biphasic calcium phosphate covered with a strontium hydroxyapatite-containing collagen membrane (BCP/SR), and non-cross-linked collagen membrane (BG). Four defects in one rabbit served as a control, while the other was additionally subjected to the local LMHFV protocol of 40 Hz, 16 min per day. The rabbits were sacrificed 1 week after surgery. Histomorphometric analysis was performed to determine the percentages of different tissue compartments. Compared to the control defects, the higher percentage of osteoid tissue was found in LMHFV BG defects (35.3 vs. 19.3%), followed by BCP/SR (17.3 vs. 2.0%) and BO/BG (9.3 vs. 1.0%). The fraction occupied by the residual grafting material varied from 40.3% in BO/BG to 22.3% in BCP/SR LMHFV defects. Two-way models revealed that material type was only significant for the osteoid (P= 0.045) and grafting material (P = 0.001) percentages, while the vibration did not provide any statistical significance for all histomorphometric outcomes (P > 0.05). Local application of LMHFV did not appear to offer additional benefit in the initial healing phase of rabbit calvarial defects. Histomorphometric measurements after 1 week of healing demonstrated more pronounced signs of early bone formation in both rabbits that were related with material type and independent of LMHFV.

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Unknown 31 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 13%
Student > Master 4 13%
Student > Postgraduate 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Student > Bachelor 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 10 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 42%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 6%
Engineering 2 6%
Materials Science 2 6%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 32%
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