title: Assessment in rats of a new bioerodible bone-wax-like polymer.
abstract: Holes drilled in rats' skull, iliac crest, and tibia were filled with beeswax or with a new, wax-like, bioerodible polyorthoester (Alzamer). Empty drill-holes served as controls. In addition, beeswax and polyorthoester were deposited between the left and the right oblique abdominal muscles, respectively. In muscle, both the beeswax and polyorthoester elicited a transient foreign body reaction. The beeswax was not resorbed in bone or muscle, whereas the polyorthoester was. Bone healing was inhibited in the iliac crest and the tibiae filled with beeswax, whereas holes filled with polyorthoester healed readily.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Research Laboratory, School of Dentistry, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sudmann
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Anfinsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koppang
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Stølen
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Koppang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sudmann
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006490:Hemostatics; D007085:Ilium / Q000601:surgery; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D010168:Palmitates / Q000009:adverse effects; D011091:Polyesters / Q000009:adverse effects; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D014885:Waxes / Q000009:adverse effects; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006490:Hemostatics; D010168:Palmitates; D011091:Polyesters; D014885:Waxes; C055480:bone wax; C045986:Alzamer