Activated Carbon as a Bone Substitute: Enhancing Mechanical and Morphological Properties in a Rat Tibia Defect Model
Matheus Lopes Publio, Gisele Aparecida Amaral-Labat, Patrícia Almeida Mattos, Ayres Fernando Rodrigues, Marília Lucas Siena Del Bel, Damião de Carvalho Pereira, Dominique Cavalcanti Mello, Vanessa de Souza, Guilherme Frederico Lenz e Silva, Vanessa Fierro, Alain Celzard & Rodrigo Labat Marcos · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2025
Activated carbon (AC), a highly porous and low-cost material, was tested as a biosubstitute material for healing bone defects. The aim of this work was to investigate the use of 4 different activated carbon materials in the tissue repair process, verifying morphological and biome...