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E u r o S c i C o n J o i n t E v e n t s o n
Plant Science, Tissue Engineering
and Parasitology
December 03-04 , 2018
Amsterdam, Nether l ands
International Journal of Applied Science - Research and Review
ISSN: 2394-9988
Plant Science | Tissue Engineering | Parasitology 2018
T
issue engineering construct has already been used to repair some kinds of bone defect in clinical patients, but repairing
massive segmental bony defect in tibia more than 10 cm still has not been reported. We describe a case of patient, who
received a tissue engineered bone graft for repairing the 12 cm bone defect in his right tibia and report the findings after 36
months of follow-up. The recipient, a 35-year-old man from China, had his leg severely injured in Sep’ 2014 and got massive tibia
defect after one year of treatment using external fixator. Implantation of tissue engineered bone graft was done in Aug’ 2015.
A β-tricalcium phosphate (β-Β-TCP) scaffold was custom-made according to the shape of the bone defect area. The patient
got bone marrow aspiration and 15 ml bone marrow was used for isolation and proliferation to get enough autologous bone
menchymal stem cells (BMSCs) with serum-free stem cell medium to avoid immune rejection. 3.4×10
6
cells were seeded onto the
β-Β-TCP scaffold and then implanted into the bone defect area after two weeks of co-culture. Laboratory blood examination was
used to observe the immune rejection or infection. The radiography and three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) were used
to detect the bone repair effect. No major complications and no obvious immune rejection or infection occurred after the surgery.
After 3, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months, radiography showed bone defect gradually repaired with time, and bone repair effect was
satisfactory. The patient was allowed to gradually regain limb function after 12 months. After 36 months, the patient recovered
a full function of the lower extremity without any support. Our promising results suggest the clinical safety and effectiveness of
tissue engineered bone for repairing massive weight-bearing tibia bone defect more than 10 cm and our treatment procedure
might be an option for those patients with weight-bearing massive bone defect.
nfperry@163.comThe construction and clinical application of
tissue engineered bone
Guoxian Pei
Fourth Military Medical University, China
Int J Appl Sci Res Rev 2018, Volume: 5
DOI: 10.21767/2394-9988-C2-006




