PRELIMINARY-REPORT ON USE OF A P(HEMA) COLLAGEN COMPOSITE IN MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Authors
STASTNY K HORA K STOL M
Citation
K. Stastny et al., PRELIMINARY-REPORT ON USE OF A P(HEMA) COLLAGEN COMPOSITE IN MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Biomaterials, 14(14), 1993, pp. 1105-1108
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Material Science
Journal title
Biomaterials → ACNP
ISSN journal
01429612
Volume
14
Issue
14
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1105 - 1108
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-9612(1993)14:14<1105:POUOAP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
After being thoroughly tested on animals, a composite polymer material based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and calf skin collagen has been allowed in a limited clinical trial in the Czech Republic. Up to now, the medical use of the biomaterial comprises implants for maxill o-facial surgery, i.e. augmentation of soft tissues (seven cases); rep aration of fractured eye sockets (12 cases) and in special indications (two cases). The clinical results obtained so far are presented here as case reports. These preliminary results are very encouraging for a broader utilization of this type of biomaterial in the surgical fields of human medicine.