Background: The treatment of open fractures of the tibial shaft is often complicated by delayed
union and nonunion. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of …

Infections with multiresistant bacteria have become a serious problem in joint arthroplasty.
This study reports about in vitro antibacterial activity against multiresistant bacteria and in vitro …

Fracture healing is a critically important clinical event for fracture patients and for clinicians
who take care of them. The clinical evaluation of fracture healing is based on both …

The use of polymethylmetacrylate beads for local delivery of antibiotics requires a second
surgical procedure for their removal and resorbable calcium sulphate exhibits cytotoxic effects. …

The prevention of implant-related infections is an important issue in medical research. The
aim is to exploit the strong antimicrobial effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) to develop new …

Infections remain a critical issue in total joint arthroplasty. Addition of antibiotics to bone
cement was shown to significantly improve antimicrobial prophylaxis in cemented joint …

The first objective was to investigate new bone formation in a critical-size metaphyseal
defect in the femur of ovariectomized rats filled with a strontium modified calcium phosphate …

The regeneration of bone tissue is the main purpose of most therapies in dental medicine. For
bone regeneration, calcium phosphate (CaP)-based substitute materials based on natural …

Guided bone regeneration (GBR) has become a clinically standard modality for the treatment
of localized jawbone defects. Barrier membranes play an important role in this process by …

The biological characteristics of human reaming debris (HRD) generated in the course of
surgical treatment of long bone diaphyseal fractures and nonunions are still a matter of dispute. …