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Table 2 Characteristics of studies in MA1

From: Additively manufactured titanium scaffolds and osteointegration - meta-analyses and moderator-analyses of in vivo biomechanical testing

Author Publication year

Animal

Implantation site

(type of bone)

Implant shape and dimensions

(diameter and height)

Controle group (Co) = dense titanium

Experimental group (Exp) = 3DPPT

Experimental group characteristics

Reported outcome of mechnical testing

follow-up (weeks)

Reference Name in MA 1

Pore size (μm)

Porocity (%)

Struth size (μm)

Unit cell

Stübinger et al. 2013 [5]

sheep

pelvis (= trabecular)

screw d = 4,1 mm, h = 9 mm

“sandblasted and etched (SE)”

“Additive manufactured (AM)” (= por Ti, sandblasted)

500

50

 

gyroid; 3 armed with angles of 120°

“Removal torque out (Nmm)” mean + SD reported ( [5]; Table IV)

2

Stübinger (at 2 weeks)

8

Stübinger (at 8 weeks)

Hara et al. 2016 [6]

rabbit

femur condyle (= trabecular)

cylinder d = 5 mm, h = 12 mm

“Ti-spray” (= melted Ti sprayed onto solid Ti core)

“Porous Ti-alloy (640 μm)”

656 (SD 29)

70 (SD 0,7)

 

diamond

“Peak load of push-out testing” (N) mean + SD reported ( [6]; page 4, section 3)

4

Hara (at 4 weeks)

12

Hara (at 12 weeks)

Bandyopadhyay et al. 2017 [7]

rat

femur condyle (= trabecular)

cylinder

d = 3 mm, h = 5 mm

“Dense Ti”

“LENS™ Porous Ti” (= “Laser Engineered Net Shaping”)

200–300

25

  

“Shear modulus (Mpa)”, calculated from push-out testing mean + SD reported ( [7]; Table 3)

4

Bandyopadhyay (at 4 weeks)

10

Bandyopadhyay (at 10 weeks)

Cheng et al. 2017 [8]

rat

calvaria onlay (= cortical)

block l = 3,5 mm, w = 5 mm

h = 2 mm

“Solid” (CaF grit blasted + acid etched)

“Porous” (= por Ti (CaF grit blasted+ acid etched))

563 (SD 2)

67 (SD 3)

  

“Pull-out force (N) mean + SD measured ( [8]; Fig. 4)

10

Cheng (at 10 weeks)

MacBarb et al. 2017 [9]

sheep

femur condyle (= trabecular)

triangular prism d = 7 mm (inscribed core circle), h = 45 mm

“TPS” (= CP Ti plasma-sprayed onto wrought Ti6AL4V core)

“AM” (= additive manufactured porous Ti)

300

60

  

“Ultimate Shear Strength (Mpa)” calculated from push-out testing mean + SD measured ( [9]; Fig. 4a)

6

MacBarb (at 6 weeks)

12

MacBarb (at 12 weeks)

Ran et al. 2018 [10]

rabbit

femur condyl (= trabecular)

cylinder d = 4 mm, h = 13 mm

“dense”

“p500”

401 (SD 26)

 

300

 

“Mean interfacial strength (Mpa)” calculated from push-out testing mean + SD measured ( [10]; Fig. 8e)

4

Ran 1 (at 4 weeks)

12

Ran 1 (at 12 weeks)

“p700”

607 (SD 24)

4

Ran 2 (at 4 weeks)

12

Ran 2 (at 12 weeks)

“p900”

801 (SD 33)

4

Ran 3 (at 4 weeks)

12

Ran 3 (at 12 weeks)

Wang et al. 2018 [11]

rabbit

femur condyle (= trabecular)

cylinder d = 4,8 mm, h = 8 mm

“Ts” (= “Ti solid”)

“Ti-r” (= “Ti regular distribution”)

457,5 (SD 31,1)

62,5 (SD 2,1)

424 (SD 25,6)

(diamond, regular distribution)

“Push out force (N)” mean + SD measured ( [11]; Fig. 7c)

2

Wang 1 (at 2 weeks)

4

Wang 1 (at 4 weeks)

8

Wang 1 (at 8 weeks)

“Ti-ir” (= “Ti iregular distribution”)

452,5 (SD 43,5)

61,1 (SD 2,2)

435 (SD 36,5)

(diamond, irregular distribution)

2

Wang 2 (at 2 weeks)

4

Wang 2 (at 4 weeks)

8

Wang 2 (at 8 weeks)

“Ti-g” (= “Ti with gradiënt”)

427,0 (SD 40,4)

61,6 (SD 2,8)

449 (SD 34,5)

(diamond, gradiënt distribution)

2

Wang 3 (at 2 weeks)

4

Wang 3 (at 4 weeks)

8

Wang 3 (at 8 weeks)

“Ti-tr” (= “Ti tetrahedral”)

458,5 (SD 29,6)

66,2 (SD 2,0)

410 (SD 23,2)

(tetrahedral)

2

Wang 4 (at 2 weeks)

4

Wang 4 (at 4 weeks)

8

Wang 4 (at 8 weeks)

Chang et al. 2019 [12]

rabbit

femur condyle (= trabecular)

screw d = 4,3 mm, h = 10 mm

“DMLS type 4 non-porous”

“DMLS type 6 porous”

300–500

55

  

“Pull out Strength (N)” mean + SD reported ( [12]; page9, section 3.3)

6

Chang (at 6 weeks)

12

Chang (at 12 weeks)

Huang et al. 2020 [13]

rabbit

tibia (= trabecular)

screw d = 2,1 mm, h = 9,7 mm

“Control screw”

“AMD interference screw” (= por Ti + 1 μm thick HA coating)

200–400

15.4

  

“Maximal failure load (N)” calculated from pull-out testing mean + SD measured ( [13]; Fig. 3)

4

Huang (at 4 weeks)

12

Huang (at 12 weeks)

24

Huang (at 24 weeks)

Tikhilov et al. 2020 [14]

rabbit

tibia (= trabecular)

rectangular plate l = 10 mm, w = 5 mm, h = 2 mm

“control”

“experimental”

100

 

450

 

“Maximum load” (N) calculated from pull-out testing median + IQR reported ( [14]; page 4)

13

Tikhilov (at 13 weeks)