title: Self-hardening calcium deficient hydroxyapatite/gelatine foams for bone regeneration.
abstract: In this work gelatine was used as multifunctional additive to obtain injectable self-setting hydroxyapatite/gelatine composite foams for bone regeneration. The foaming and colloidal stabilization properties of gelatine are well known in food and pharmaceutical applications. Solid foams were obtained by foaming liquid gelatine solutions at 50 degrees C, followed by mixing them with a cement powder consisting of alpha tricalcium phosphate. Gelatine addition improved the cohesion and injectability of the cement paste. After setting the foamed paste transformed into a calcium deficient hydroxyapatite. The final porosity, pore interconnectivity and pore size were modulated by modifying the gelatine content in the liquid phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Technical University of Catalonia, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Edgar B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Montufar
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Traykova
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schacht
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santin
authors.forename: Josep A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Planell
authors.forename: Maria-Pau
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ginebra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D001843:Bone Cements; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000737:chemistry; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry*; D005780:Gelatin / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D003102:Colloids; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; D005780:Gelatin; D017886:Durapatite; D002118:Calcium