Inflammatory responses to Hydroxyapatite implants in middle ear in rats  

作　　者：YE Qing 1, 2, JIANG Yi 1, 2, WANG Xiao-yan1, 2, ZHENG Ke-fei 1, 2 1 Department of Otolaryngology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China 2 Department of Otolaryngology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, China 

出　　处：《Journal of Otology》2008年第1期24-28,共5页中华耳科学杂志（英文版）

基　　金：a grant from theNational Natural Science Foundation of China (no:60578057).

摘　　要：Objective To study local inflammatory response after implantation of hydroxyapatite synthetic ossicular prosthesis. Methods Hydroxyapatite granules were implanted in the bulla in 32 rats. Sham surgical procedures were performed in 10 rats as the control. Animals were sacrificed at 1 to 300 days after surgery. Bulla sections, stained with HE and Mallory’s azan, were examined for numbers and percentages of various inflammatory cell types. Results Slightly more inflammatory reaction was seen in animals with the implant than in the controls, mostly during the early stage following the implantation procedure. Few inflammatory cells were observed at later times. There were satisfactory fibrosis in both implanted and control ears. Conclusion The results indicate that hydroxyapatite synthetic prosthesis is a biocompatible implantation material in the middle ear. Nonetheless, the presence of inflammatory reaction immediately following implantation implies that control of infection is important in the early times after the implantation procedure.Objective To study local inflammatory response after implantation of hydroxyapatite synthetic ossicular prosthesis. Methods Hydroxyapatite granules were implanted in the bulla in 32 rats. Sham surgical procedures were performed in 10 rats as the control. Animals were sacrificed at 1 to 300 days after surgery. Bulla sections, stained with HE and Mallory’s azan, were examined for numbers and percentages of various inflammatory cell types. Results Slightly more inflammatory reaction was seen in animals with the implant than in the controls, mostly during the early stage following the implantation procedure. Few inflammatory cells were observed at later times. There were satisfactory fibrosis in both implanted and control ears. Conclusion The results indicate that hydroxyapatite synthetic prosthesis is a biocompatible implantation material in the middle ear. Nonetheless, the presence of inflammatory reaction immediately following implantation implies that control of infection is important in the early times after the implantation procedure.

关 键 词：Middle ear HYDROXYAPATITE Synthetic auditory prosthesis inflammatory response 

分 类 号：R764[医药卫生—耳鼻咽喉科]