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Porous titanium and nitinol implants synthesized by SHS/SLS: Microstructural and histomorphological analyses of tissue reactions

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The comparative microstructural analyses and histomorphological studies of tissue reactions to porous titanium and nitinol implants synthesized by Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) are presented for a rat model for bone implants. It was discovered that the surface of porous pegs of titanium and nitinol made by SHS/SLS has a significantly favorable structure to the mechanical interlocking with bone and soft tissues. Histological analysis of decalcified paraffin sections after implant removal could only show that trabecular bone structures and marrow cavities were observed around the porous implants. In the connective tissue of the remaining implant beds the following cells: macrophages, fibroblasts, adipocytes and lymphocytes are discernible. It was shown that the nitinol synthesized by combined SHS/SLS technique has a developed and ordered microstructure.

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    I. V. Shishkovsky

  2. Samara State Medical University (SamSMU), ul. Chapaevskaya 89, Samara, 443099, Russia

    I. V. Shishkovsky

  3. Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Institutskaya 8, Chernogolovka, Moscow, 142432, Russia

    M. V. Kuznetsov & Yu. G. Morozov

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Shishkovsky, I.V., Kuznetsov, M.V. & Morozov, Y.G. Porous titanium and nitinol implants synthesized by SHS/SLS: Microstructural and histomorphological analyses of tissue reactions. Int. J Self-Propag. High-Temp. Synth. 19, 157–167 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1061386210020123

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