Antibiotic loading of bone allografts for the prevention of peri-operative infection

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/513865

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bone is the second most often transplanted tissue after blood, with thousands of grafts done every year in Australia. Allograft bone (taken from another person) is used to replace bone removed due to cancer, but is prone to infection. Infected grafts must be removed, and can lead to amputation. We are developing a process to put antibiotics into allograft bone, to prevent infections from taking hold. Reducing infections can increase the success of limb salvage surgery for cancer patients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $300,847.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Orthopaedics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

antibiotic therapy | antibiotics | bone graft | drug delivery | drug delivery systems | graft engineering | infection | orthopaedic surgery | prophylaxis

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