This 79-year-old woman had an L1 osteoporotic vertebral pseudoarthrosis. After the CPC injection, the wedge deformity of the collapsed vertebral body was corrected, and a filling with the CPC was ...

Injectable bone cements (IBCs) are biocompatible materials that can be used as bone defect fillers in maxillofacial surgeries and in orthopedic fracture treatment in order to augment weakened bone due ...

Patients with tibial plateau fractures augmented with calcium phosphate cement reported less pain and had better knee scores compared with their counterparts whose fractures were augmented with iliac ...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GRAFTYS SA, a company focused on development and commercialization of orthopedic biomaterials, is pleased to announce that it has obtained authorization from ...

Researchers in France have developed a self-setting foam that can repair defects in bones and assist growth. Eventually, this advanced biomaterial could be used to quickly regenerate bone growth and ...

Material scientists at the University of Jena have developed a bone replacement based on calcium phosphate cement and reinforced with carbon fibers. The fibers increase damage tolerance and ensure ...

Repairing cracks and holes in bones could be made much easier thanks to a finding that reduces the viscosity of bone cement. By using sodium citrate as a liquefier, clinical calcium phosphate can be ...

A substance known as calcium phosphate cement is commonly used to repair broken bones, both holding them together and encouraging the growth of new bone tissue. Now, scientists have added carbon ...

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the inept Professor Gilderoy Lockhart unwittingly magics away every bone in Harry's arm. Harry's bones are then re-grown via an unpleasant-tasting potion ...

Adequate tensile, compressive and shear strengths, depending on the site of injection (i.e., degree of load bearing and degree of motion, among other factors); Similar stiffness to the surrounding ...