title: Permanence of diced cartilage, bone dust and diced cartilage/bone dust mixture in experimental design in twelve weeks.
abstract: Bone dust and diced cartilage are used for contour restoration because their minimal donor site morbidity. The purpose of this study is to investigate permanence of bone dust, diced cartilage and bone dust/diced cartilage mixture in rabbits over 12 weeks. New Zealand white rabbits were used for this study. There were three groups in the study: Group I: 1 mL bone dust. Group II: 1 mL diced cartilage. Group III: 0.5 mL bone dust + 0.5 mL diced cartilage mixture. They were placed into subcutaneous tissue of rabbits and removed 12 weeks later. The mean volumes of groups were 0.23 +/- 0.08 mL in group I, 0.60 +/- 0.12 mL in group II and 0.36 +/- 0.10 mL in group III. The differences between groups were found statistically significant. In conclusion, diced cartilage was found more reliable than bone dust aspect of preserving its volume for a long period in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, 07059 Antalya, Turkey. islamoglu@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Islamoglu
authors.forename: Mustafa Bahadir
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dikici
authors.forename: Halil Ege
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Ozgentas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D006085:Graft Survival; D011817:Rabbits; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*