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Flexible Osteogenic Glue as an All‐In‐One Solution to Assist Fracture Fixation and Healing

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Osteogenic glue that reproduces the natural bone composition represents the final frontier of orthopedic adhesives with the potential to revolutionize surgical strategies against comminuted fractures. However, it is difficult to… Click to show full abstract

Osteogenic glue that reproduces the natural bone composition represents the final frontier of orthopedic adhesives with the potential to revolutionize surgical strategies against comminuted fractures. However, it is difficult to achieve an all‐in‐one formula, which could provide flexible and reliable adhesiveness while avoiding interfering with or even promoting the healing of glued fractures. Herein, an osteogenic glue characterized by inorganic‐in‐organic integration between amine‐modified mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles (AMBGN) and bioadhesive gelatin‐dextran network (GelDex) is introduced as an all‐in‐one tool to flexibly adhere and splice bone fragments and subsequently guide fracture healing during degradation. Relying on such integration, a 4‐fold improvement in cohesiveness is presented, followed by a nearly 5‐fold enhancement in adhesive strength in ex vivo porcine bone samples. The reversible and re‐adjustable adhesiveness also enables glue to effectively splice intricate fragments from highly comminuted fractures in the rabbit radius in an in vivo environment. Moreover, well‐preserved organic–inorganic integrity during degradation of the glue guides sustained interfacial osteogenesis and achieve satisfying healing outcomes in glued fractures, as observed by the 2‐fold improvement in biomechanical and radiological performance compared with commercially available cyanoacrylate adhesives. The current findings propose an all‐in‐one solution for the fixation of bone fragments during surgery.

Keywords: bone; one solution; glue; fracture; osteogenic glue

Journal Title: Advanced Functional Materials
Year Published: 2021

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