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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXI | Pages 153 - 153
1 May 2012
K. B B. L T. G S. G J. W
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Background

Despite aggressive debridement, thorough irrigation, administration of systemic antibiotics and staged treatment, many open fractures still become infected. A graft that can promote bone regeneration and prevent infection could decrease complications. Polyurethane (PUR) scaffolds have been previously shown in separate studies to be non-toxic, osteoconductive, can promote bone growth through BMP delivery and prevent infection by having sustained release of an antibiotic. This scaffold can deliver both BMP and vancomycin simultaneously; the purpose of this study is to determine if the co-delivery of the antibiotic inhibits bone formation.

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Using an established critical size defect rat femur model, the amount of bone formation created by PUR scaffolds containing low and high doses of rhBMP-2 (2.4 μg and 22.4 μg respectively) and 0.8 mg vancomycin (8% of graft by weight) were compared to scaffolds that contained rhBMP-2 without antibiotics. After 4 weeks, the femurs were harvested and bone growth was assessed using microCT.