Dominique J. Griffon
Associate Professor,
Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Section Head, Small Animal Surgery, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Professional Interests: Orthopedic surgery, orthopedic application of biomaterials and surgical models.
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Selected Publications:
Sa MJ, Rezende CM, Silva Junior VA, Garcia HC, Griffon DJ, Silva VV: In Vivo behavior of Zirconia-Hydroxyapatite (ZH) ceramic implants in dogs: A clinical, radiographic and histological study. J Biomater Appl, 2006 Aug 18; [Epub ahead of print]
Seddighi MR, Griffon DJ, Constable PD, Abulencia JP and Martin T. Effects of shape and collagen I coating on the elution characteristics of gentamicin-impregnated Plaster-of-Paris beads. Vet Surg Res 2007, 68(2):171-177.
Griffon DJ, Sedighi MR, Schaeffer DV, Eurell JA and Johnson AL. Chitosan scaffolds: Interconnective pore size and cartilage engineering. Acta Biomater 2006;2:313-320.
McMillan CJ, Griffon DJ, Marks SL and Mauldin G. Dietary related skeletal changes in a shetland sheepdog puppy. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2006;42:57-64.
Griffon DJ, Stoller A, Schaeffer DJ, Seddighi MR, Johnson AL and Kurath P. Restoration of 1.5 mm cortical screw fixation in distal feline radii • Evaluation of two cement augmentation techniques. Vet Surg 2005;34(3):223-230.
Hutchinson G, Griffon DJ, Siegel A, Pijanowski GP, Kurath P, Eurell JA and Johnson AL. Evaluation of a resorbable calcium phosphate bone cement for augmentation of 4.0 mm cancellous orthopedic screws in the canine pelvis. Am J Vet Res 2005;66:1954-1960.
Towle HA, Griffon DJ, Thomas MW, Siegel AM, Dunning D and Johnson A. Pre- and post-operative radiographic and reconstructed three-dimensional computed tomographic evaluation of dogs with medial patellar luxation. Vet Surg 2005;34(3):265-272.
Griffon DJ, Sedighi MR, Sendemir-Urkmez A, Stewart AA and Jamison R. Vacuum and dynamic cell seeding of polyglycolic acid and chitosan scaffolds for cartilage engineering. Am J Vet Res 2005; 66 (4):599-605.
Doyle AJ, Stewart AA, Constable PD, Eurell JA, Freeman DE and Griffon DJ. Effects of sodium hyaluronate on corticoid-induced cartilage matrix catabolism in normal equine cartilage explants. Am J Vet Res 2005;66(1):48-53.
Griffon DJ. • Evaluation of osteoproductive biomaterials: allograft, bone inducing agent, ceramics and bioactive glass • , PhD thesis, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 2002.
Pratt JNJ, Griffon DJ, Dunlop DG, Smith N and Howie CR. Impaction grafting with morsellised allograft and tricalcium phosphate-hydroxyapatite: incorporation within ovine metaphyseal bone defects. Biomaterials 2002;23:3309-3317.
Griffon DJ, Dunlop DG, Howie CR, Gilchrist T, Salter DM and Healy D. Early dissolution of a morsellised impacted silicate-free bioactive glass in metaphyseal defects. J Biomed Mater Res • Applied Biomaterials 2001;58 (6):638-644.
Griffon DJ, Dunlop DG, Howie CR, Pratt JNJ, Gilchrist TJ and Smith N. An ovine model to evaluate the biological properties of impacted morsellised bone graft substitutes. J Biomed Mater Res 2001;56 (3):444-451.
