Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (10): 1599-1603.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.3050

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Different types of hydrogel in bone defects

Li Jun, Yu Hao, Zhang Yong, Wei Yong, Xie Jia, Jing Juehua   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, Anhui Province, China
  • Received:2020-04-11 Revised:2020-04-17 Accepted:2020-06-05 Online:2021-04-08 Published:2020-12-18
  • Contact: Jing Juehua, Chief physician, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, Anhui Province, China
  • About author:Li Jun, MD, Associate chief physician, Associate professor, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230601, Anhui Province, China2020-04-11
  • Supported by:
    the Key Research and Development Project in Anhui Province, No. 201904b11020032; the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Youth Project), No. 1708085QH221; the Independent Innovation Policy Loan to Subsidy Project of Hefei, No. YW201608080006; the Research Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Anhui Health and Family Planning Commission, No. 2016zy92; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), No. 81702656

Abstract: ACKGROUND: Hydrogel can simulate the natural tissue environment, provide structural support for defects and repair bone defects.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize and analyze the application progress of hydrogel in bone defect. 
METHODS: PubMed, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases were searched by computer with the English and Chinese key words of “hydrogel, bone defect” to search the application of hydrogel in bone defect. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Hydrogel shows the homogeneity of water. It can simulate human tissue environment, encapsulate its contents with minimal invasion, manipulate and transfer it to surrounding tissues, provide structural support for defect sites, and repair bone defects through internal healing mechanism, which has unique advantages. Among the ion-mediated hydrogels, alginate is the most studied. Because of its polysaccharide structure, the zinc alginate crosslinked hydrogel system is larger, and the chemically crosslinked hydrogel, polymers with high affinity to each other and showing significant solubility in injectable media can be modified to form a covalently connected network at the delivery point. This type of hydrogel is characterized by the addition of protein-derived bioactive substances to form a stable network of chemically cross-linked polymers. Naturally extracted hydrogels such as gelatin, hyaluronic acid and silk fibroin, as well as synthetic polyethylene glycol are easy to obtain and relatively easy to produce. In this series of studies, naturally derived hydrogels show good biocompatibility and natural polymers as thermosensitive hydrogel carriers lack versatility and responsibility. Therefore, the synthesized derived polymers have been used as the basis for modification and binding with natural polymers.


Key words: bone, materials, hydrogel, bone defect, repair, application, review

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