2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Percutaneous osteoplasty with a bone marrow nail for Fractures of long bones experimental study

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22659225
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Radiation science
Research Institution	Wakayama Medical University
Principal Investigator	NAKATA Kouhei 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (50523255)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	SATOU Morio 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (50154109)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	KAWAI Nobuyuki 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 講師 (90405423) IKOMA Akira 和歌山県立医科大学, 医学部, 学内助教 (60458065)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	IVR / バイオマテリアル / 放射線 / 骨・軟部腫瘍 / 骨形成術
Research Abstract	We created and evaluated a new minimally invasive treatment that we call percutaneous osteoplasty for pathological fractures of long bones. This is designed for patients who cannot be treated with orthopedic surgery. In vivo in swine, we did the percutaneous osteoplasty with the use of a bone marrow nail and evaluated them. In vitro, we evaluated the three kinds of the percutaneous treatment of fractured long bones. Percutaneous osteoplasty with use of a bone marrow nail and cement augmentation appears to have potential in treating fractures of non-weight-bearing long bones.

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