UNAIR NEWS – Bone damage from an accident is common especially in Indonesia. This bone damage represents a reduction in mass or tissue destruction of the bone, which is thought to be caused by defects, tumors, accidents, congenital anomalies, lack of minerals, degeneration, poor pattern of activity, and trauma.
To treat bone fracture, doctors have various ways. For example by adding growth factor, bone marrow blood injection, stem cells, and reconstruction surgery on the missing bone. However, the use of this methoda often cause problems, such as the long period of the healing process and the reunification of lost bone tissue.
From that problem, three students of Biomedical Engineering Department of Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) Universitas Airlangga innovate bone graft as a solution for handling of bone fracture case due to accident by utilizing Barramundi ( Lates calcarifer) or in other words natural materials are easily found in Indonesia.
The innovative PKMPE team from the Faculty of Science and Technology UNAIR is led by Diana Fitri, with two colleagues, Juliani Nurazizah Setiadiputri and Firza.
Under the guidance of Drs. Djony Izak Rudyardjo, M.Si, the title of PKMPE Diana Fitri and friends entitled ” Lates calcarifer Bone Fish as Bone Graft Hydroxyapatite -Alginate- Zinc for Bone Improvement After Accident” passed the selection of Dikti and obtained research fund from Kemenristekdikti in PKM 2018.
Described by Diana Fitri as team leader, this research utilizes fish-based biowaste that has the potential to reduce environmental problems, and supports sustainable environmental development.
While the bone graft itself has good mechanical strength, so it is resistant to mechanical loads from outside and inside the body, has the porosity and the appropriate pore size to provide space for bone cells to regenerate and vessels to nourish those cells.
“So the results of our research give advantages, the process of bone healing becomes faster and resistant to the burden caused by body movement,” added Diana.
Obviously, the team is striving to create innovations in the health sector, so that Indonesia is not only a consumer country, but it can slowly become a producing country in various aspects, especially in the health sector that is currently always needed.
“We hope that our bone graft can be a proof that Indonesian students are able to make innovations, especially in the health sector,” said Diana Fitri. (*)
Editor: Bambang Bes
