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Ex Vivo Examination of the Biocompatibility of Biodegradable Magnesium via Microdialysis in the Isolated Perfused Bovine Udder Model

2011; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5301/ijao.2011.6332

1724-6040

Stéphan Schumacher, Jessica Stahl, Wolfgang Bäumer, Jan‐Marten Seitz, Friedrich‐Wilhelm Bach, Lars J. Petersen, Manfred Kietzmann,

Magnesium in Health and Disease

Purpose Being biodegradable, magnesium is considered a promising future implant material but very little is known about the biocompatibility for the tissues in direct contact with it. In this study, the degradation of pure magnesium implants in the skin of an isolated bovine udder was examined over a period of five hours. Methods Microdialysis technique was used in order to investigate the reactions at the interface of implant and tissue. Pure titanium implants served as control. Degradation behavior and biocompatibility were evaluated via extracellular magnesium ion concentration and PGE 2 and TNF alpha served as indicators of inflammation. Results Concentrations of 5.5 mmol/l Mg 2+ were detected at the beginning, which decreased to a plateau of about 3.5 mmol/l after approximately two and a half hours. PGE 2 and TNF alpha concentrations indicated no major inflammatory tissue response to the degradation. Conclusions These results give an idea of the ion burden at the implantation site of degrading magnesium and suggest good biocompatibility even at the tissue-implant interface.