With the increase of global population,people’s life expectancy is growing as well.Humans tend to live more active lifestyles and,therefore,trauma generated large defects become more common.Instances of tumour resect...With the increase of global population,people’s life expectancy is growing as well.Humans tend to live more active lifestyles and,therefore,trauma generated large defects become more common.Instances of tumour resection or pathological conditions and complex orthopaedic issues occur more frequently increasing necessity for bone substitutes.Composition of calcium phosphate cements(CPCs)is comparable to the chemical structure of bone minerals.Their ability to self-set and resorb in vivo secures a variety of potential applications in bone regeneration.Despite the years-long research and several products already reaching the market,finding the right properties for calcium phosphate cement to be osteoinductive and both injectable and suitable for clinical use is still a sudoku.This article is focused on injectable,porous CPCs,reviewing the latest developments on the path toward finding osteoinductive material,which is suitable for injection.展开更多
基金The authors acknowledge financial support for granting Open Access from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No.857287.
文摘With the increase of global population,people’s life expectancy is growing as well.Humans tend to live more active lifestyles and,therefore,trauma generated large defects become more common.Instances of tumour resection or pathological conditions and complex orthopaedic issues occur more frequently increasing necessity for bone substitutes.Composition of calcium phosphate cements(CPCs)is comparable to the chemical structure of bone minerals.Their ability to self-set and resorb in vivo secures a variety of potential applications in bone regeneration.Despite the years-long research and several products already reaching the market,finding the right properties for calcium phosphate cement to be osteoinductive and both injectable and suitable for clinical use is still a sudoku.This article is focused on injectable,porous CPCs,reviewing the latest developments on the path toward finding osteoinductive material,which is suitable for injection.
