Testing the critical size in calvarial bone defects: Revisiting the concept of a critical-size defect

Cooper, GM and Mooney, MP and Gosain, AK and Campbell, PG and Losee, JE and Huard, J (2010) Testing the critical size in calvarial bone defects: Revisiting the concept of a critical-size defect. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 125 (6). 1685 - 1692. ISSN 0032-1052

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a clinical need for bone replacement strategies because of the shortfalls endemic to autologous bone grafting, especially in the pediatric patient population. For the past 25 years, the animal model that has been used to test bone replacement strategies has been the calvarial critical-size defect, based on the initial size of the bone defect. This study was undertaken to test the concept of the critical size in several different models. A review of the theoretical and scientific bases for the critical-size defect was also undertaken. METHODS: Two different rodent species (including 28 adult mice and six adult rats) were used to assess bone healing by means of two-dimensional radiographic analysis after creating small bone defects using different surgical techniques. RESULTS: Defects in mice that were smaller than critical-size defects (1.8-mm diameter) were shown to heal a maximum of 50 percent 1 year postoperatively. Small defects (2.3-mm diameter) in the rat skull showed approximately 35 percent healing after 6 weeks. Neither the choice of rodent species nor the maintenance of the dura mater significantly affected calvarial bone healing. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that calvarial bone healing is not well described and much more data need to be collected. Also, after a review of the existing literature and a critique of the clinical applicability of the model, it is suggested that the use of the term "critical-size defect" be discontinued. Copyright © 2010 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Cooper, GM gmc8@pitt.edu GMC8 Mooney, MP mpm4@pitt.edu MPM4 Gosain, AK Campbell, PG Losee, JE joseph.losee@pitt.edu JEL35 Huard, J
Date:	1 June 2010
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Volume:	125
Number:	6
Page Range:	1685 - 1692
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1097/prs.0b013e3181cb63a3
Schools and Programs:	Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Anthropology School of Medicine > Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics School of Medicine > Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine > Surgery Swanson School of Engineering > Bioengineering
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0032-1052
MeSH Headings:	Animals; Bone Transplantation; Disease Models, Animal; Dura Mater--pathology; Dura Mater--radiography; Fracture Healing; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Orthopedic Procedures; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Skull--radiography; Skull--surgery; Species Specificity; Tissue Engineering; Trephining
Other ID:	NLM NIHMS166975, NLM PMC2946111
PubMed Central ID:	PMC2946111
PubMed ID:	20517092
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2014 16:23
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2023 11:56
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20933

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