Enxerto córtico-esponjoso homógeno processado quimicamente e esterilizado em óxido de etileno, em cães: análise mecânica e estudo da integração por meio de radiografias. / Homogenous cortico-cancellous graft chemically prepared and sterilized in ethylene oxide, in dogs.

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2002

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The main purpose of bone grafting is to stimulate osteogenisis but, sometimes, it is useful that the graft present other properties such as mechanical resistance, stocking, and possibility of being used in different amounts. In this investigation we studied some mechanical properties and the biological performance of a kind of a homogenous graft chemically prepared and sterilized in ethylene oxide. Previously, cylindrical samples of such graft were tested mechanically in compression. In a second instance, the graft was implanted in mature dogs. Thirty adults animals were divided into two groups. In group I, ten dogs received a cylindrical block of homogenous chemically prepared bone that was implanted in a cylindrical hollow created in distal epiphysis of the right femur. Three weeks later the same animal was operated on and the same operation was performed on the left femur. Six weeks after the first operation the dog was killed. The group II consisted of twenty dogs that received a cylindrical autologous graft that was harvested from the left femur and implanted in the right femur, as performed for group I. Ten animals (subgroup A) were killed tree weeks after the grafting operation and ten animals (subgroups B) were killed six weeks later. The animals were followed-up clinically and the graft integration was evaluated with x-ray taken six days after the operation and before the sacrifice. Ours results showed that the treated bone displayed smaller values for the tension, deformation and modulus of elasticity at yielding point, when compared with the fresh bone. The radiographic studies showed good integration of the treated graft, although with less performance when compared with the autologous graft. Homogenous graft, chemically prepared and sterilized in ethylene oxide, can be used as substitute to autologous graft both in veterinary and human medicine.

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óxido de etileno cão ethylene oxide enxerto dog bone integration integração óssea graft

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