BioengineeringbioRxiv
Spinal Fusion Properties of Mechanically-Reinforced, Osteomodulatory Chitosan Hydrogels
B. T. Darkow, J. P. Herbert, M. J. Messler…·B. D. Ulery
This study develops a chitosan hydrogel reinforced with cellulose and allograft to improve spinal fusion, showing enhanced compressive strength, biocompatibility, and osteoinductive properties in vitro and in vivo.