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Morphological investigations of a porous aluminum oxide ceramic and the consequences for clinical application

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The ingrowth of bone and the tissue compatibility of a Hungarian aluminum-oxid ceramic have been investigated in animal experiments by microscopic section, by electron microscopy, and with energy-dispersion X-ray microanalysis. Surrounding bone grew into the 100- to 500-μm pores of the porous ceramic without any undesirable reaction, as well as into bored holes 500 μm in diameter. It is technically possible to make only the 1- to 2-mm deep superficial layer of such a material macroporous, so that it can be applied as an acetabular component of hip prostheses; if the surrounding bone grows into the macropores of this thin layer (as was shown in our experiment) it can perfect the connection between the living bone and the non-living ceramic material without essentially changing the much required, positive qualities of a solid acetabular component. The authors intend to apply this material in this way.

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  1. Traumatological Department of the Surgical Clinic and Central Laboratory of the University Medical School Pécs, Hungary and Central Institute for Planning and Research of Silicates, Budapest, Hungary

    M. Forgon, E. Mammel, K. Trombitás, L. Kacsalova & I. Dráveczki

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Forgon, M., Mammel, E., Trombitás, K. et al. Morphological investigations of a porous aluminum oxide ceramic and the consequences for clinical application. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 106, 385–389 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00456875

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