Reconstruction of an orbital defect in rabbits using a silk fibroin-bone microparticle complex.
Yi JiangHailiang LinZhengzhong ShaoXin ChenWen LiYusu NiPublished in: The International journal of artificial organs (2022)
Silk fibroin is biocompatible and the silk fibroin-bone microparticle complex successfully repaired orbital bone defects. Additionally, fibroblast growth factor expression around or within the remaining incompletely degraded silk fibroin materials was observed in vivo.