Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (43): 6501-6506.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.43.017

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Cyanoacrylate as a bone adhesive: its potential and superiority in fracture repair

Huang Shi-qiao, Gao Hui
  

  1. First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Received:2016-08-02 Online:2016-10-21 Published:2016-10-21
  • Contact: Gao Hui, Professor, Master’s supervisor, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China
  • About author:Huang Shi-qiao, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, No. 20132BAB205068

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Cyanoacrylate adhesives are widely used in medical fields such as hemostatic agent, wound closure and medical embolism.
OBJECTIVE: To point out the problems and focus of research of cyanoacrylate adhesives used in the orthopedic field through reviewing the properties and research progress of cyanoacrylate adhesives in fracture fixation and relevant modification research.
METHODS: Articles related to cyanoacrylate as bone adhesives and relevant modification studies were retrieved in CNKI and PubMed databases (2008-01/2015-12). The key words were “cyanoacrylate, fracture, bone defect” in Chinese and English, respectively. A total of 40 articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria were obtained for the further review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Cyanoacrylate adhesives have been widely used in medical fields such as vascular anastomosis and embolization in vascular surgery, soft tissue repair, skin closure. However, it is still in the stage of animal experiments as bone adhesives for fracture fixation in load-bearing parts. Importantly, there are two problems to be solved. First, cyanoacrylate adhesives could not complete the fixation of fracture in the load-bearing parts because of viscosity and biomechanical deficiencies. Second, it still needs to observe whether the adhesives on the fracture end hinder the growth of bone. In conclusion, modification of cyanoacrylate shows a great potential in fracture fixation compared with traditional internal fixation methods. This new method has a wonderful prospect in clinical treatment of fractures. 

Key words: Bone Cements, Fractures, Bone, Tissue Engineering

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