PMID- 19117817
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090529
LR  - 20091119
IS  - 1878-7568 (Electronic)
IS  - 1742-7061 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
DP  - 2009 May
TI  - High-density polyethylene facial implants show surface oxidation in SEM and EDX 
      examination: a pilot study.
PG  - 1158-62
LID - 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.11.027 [doi]
AB  - Previous histopathological studies on explanted Medpor high-density polyethylene 
      (HDPE) facial implants indicated signs of material destruction and claimed to 
      observe phagocytized HDPE particles within the tissue samples beside the usual 
      type IV reaction with severe fibrosis. We examined new and explanted Medpor 
      material with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray 
      analysis (EDX). The implant surface of three patient-derived specimens showed 
      significantly higher oxygenation in EDX analysis and morphological changes in SEM 
      compared to the new unused material directly after opening of the package and 
      after 1 year of exposure to air. Our preliminary findings indicate a possible 
      oxidative biocorrosion in HDPE surgical implants. Further studies should confirm 
      these pilot project results.
FAU - Draenert, G F
AU  - Draenert GF
AD  - Clinic for Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, University of Mainz, Augustusplatz 2, 
      55131 Munich, Germany. draenert@yahoo.com
FAU - Doeblinger, M
AU  - Doeblinger M
FAU - Draenert, M
AU  - Draenert M
FAU - Gosau, M
AU  - Gosau M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20081210
PL  - England
TA  - Acta Biomater
JT  - Acta biomaterialia
JID - 101233144
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chemistry Techniques, Analytical
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - Oxidation-Reduction
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry
MH  - Prostheses and Implants/*ultrastructure
MH  - Surface Properties
MH  - *X-Rays
EDAT- 2009/01/02 09:00
MHDA- 2009/05/30 09:00
CRDT- 2009/01/02 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/11/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/11/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/01/02 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/01/02 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/05/30 09:00 [medline]
AID - S1742-7061(08)00377-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.11.027 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Biomater. 2009 May;5(4):1158-62. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.11.027. Epub 
      2008 Dec 10.