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Case Reports
. 2007 Oct;89(10):1382-6.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B10.19103.

Successful treatment of refractory tibial nonunion using calcium sulphate and bone marrow stromal cell implantation

S Bajada  1 , P E Harrison, B A Ashton, V N Cassar-Pullicino, N Ashammakhi, J B Richardson
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Successful treatment of refractory tibial nonunion using calcium sulphate and bone marrow stromal cell implantation

S Bajada et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Successful healing of a nine-year tibial nonunion resistant to six previous surgical procedures was achieved by tissue engineering. We used autologous bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) expanded to 5 x 10(6) cells after three weeks' tissue culture. Calcium sulphate (CaSO4) in pellet form was combined with these cells at operation. The nonunion was clinically and radiologically healed two months after implantation. This is the description of on healing of a long-standing tibial nonunion by tissue engineering. The successful combination of BMSCs and CaSO4 has not to our knowledge been reported in a clinical setting.

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