Mechanical properties of highly porous PDLLA/Bioglass® composite foams as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

In vitro evaluation of novel bioactive c

In vitro evaluation of novel bioactive composites based on Bioglass®-filled polylactide foams for bone tissue engineering scaffolds

✍ J. J. Blaker; J. E. Gough; V. Maquet; I. Notingher; A. R. Boccaccini 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 692 KB

## Abstract Highly porous poly(DL‐lactic acid) (PDLLA) foams and Bioglass®‐filled PDLLA composite foams were characterized and evaluated __in vitro__ as bone tissue engineering scaffolds. The hypothesis was that the combination of PDLLA with Bioglass® in a porous structure would result in a bioreso