• 1. Zigong Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Zigong Psychiatric Research Center, Zigong Institute of Brain Science, Zigong Sichuan, 643002, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences and Medicine, Northwest University, Xi’an Shaanxi, 710069, P. R. China;
WEI Daixu, Email: daviddxwei@163.com
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Objective To review the research progress of natural biomaterial polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in orthopedics. Methods  The literature concerning PHA devices for bone defects, bone repair, and bone neoplasms, respectively, in recent years was extensively consulted. The three aspects of the advantages of PHA in bone repair, the preparation of PHA medical devices for bone repair and their application in orthopedics were discussed. Results Due to excellent biodegradability, biocompatibility, and potential osteoinduction, PHA is a kind of good bone repair material. In addition to the traditional PHA medical implants, the use of electrostatic spinning and three-dimensional printing can be designed to various functional PHA medical devices, in order to meet the orthopedic clinical demands, including the bone regeneration, minimally invasive bone tissue repair by injection, antibacterial bone repair, auxiliary establishment of three-dimensional bone tumor model, directed osteogenic differentiation of stem cells, etc. Conclusion At present, PHA is a hotspot of biomaterials for translational medicine in orthopedics. Although they have not completely applied in the clinic, the advantages of repair in bone defects have been gradually reflected in tissue engineering, showing an application prospect in orthopedics.

Citation: WEI Daixu, TAN Youguo. Research progress on medical devices of polyhydroxyalkanoate in orthopedics. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2023, 37(8): 909-917. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.202211018 Copy

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