Monitoring Degradation Process of PLGA/Cap Scaffolds Seeded With Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Critical-Sized Defect in the Rabbit Femur using Raman Spectroscopy

Beltzer C¹, Hägele J², Kratz M³, Fuhrmann R⁴, Wilke A⁵, Franke RP⁴ and Endres S^6*

¹Department of General Surgery, Ulm Military Hospital of German Armed Forces, Ulm, Germany

²Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

³Department of Experimental Orthopaedics, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany

⁴Central Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

⁵Department of Orthopaedics, Elisabeth Hospital GmbH, Olsberg, Germany

⁶Department of Orthopaedics, Lörrach Hospitals GmbH, Rheinfelden, Germany

^*Corresponding Author: Endres S, Department of Orthopaedics, Lörrach Hospitals GmbH, Rheinfelden, Germany Email: