Biomimetic and biodegradable cellulose acetate scaffolds loaded with dexamethasone for bone implants

Biomimetic and biodegradable cellulose acetate scaffolds loaded with dexamethasone for bone implants

There is, as a matter of fact, an ever increasing number of patients requiring total hip replacement (Pabinger, C.; Geissler, A. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2014, 22, 734–741). Implant-associated acute inflammations after an invasive orthopedic surgery are one of the major causes of implant failure. In...

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Main Authors: Aikaterini-Rafailia Tsiapla, Varvara Karagkiozaki, Veroniki Bakola, Foteini Pappa, Panagiota Gkertsiou, Eleni Pavlidou, Stergios Logothetidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2018-07-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Subjects:
drug delivery
electrospinning
nanocoatings
orthopedics
tissue engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.9.189

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