title: [Tissue engineering of bone tissue. Principles and clinical applications].
abstract: Complex fractures are still a major clinical challenge. The treatment options of large bony defects either with autografts or allografts are limited in terms of material availability and tissue in-growth. Tissue engineering might offer a solution to this problem. In an interdisciplinary approach artificial bony tissue can be generated which mimics normal bone in terms of function and morphology. So far tissue engineering of bone is mainly confined to laboratory investigations whereas clinical applications are still in the beginning. This manuscript presents the most important scaffolds as well as growth factors and cell systems. Furthermore, it focuses on clinical studies for the treatment of large bony defects using tissue engineered cell-matrix constructs.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Schwerpunkt Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Rohlfing
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tzioupis
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Menzel
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pape
mesh_terms: D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes