A method for short- and long-term in vivo study of the bone-implant interface.
A screw-shaped titanium chamber has been designed for serial in vivo observations of the bone-implant interface. First, the chamber is implanted; later a test substance, e.g. bone cement, is inserted in the chamber and brought in contact with the bone with minimal trauma. Both acute and long-term effects can be intravitally observed, photographed, and recorded.
D000818:Animals; D001843:Bone Cements; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009336:Necrosis; D011817:Rabbits; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
D001843:Bone Cements