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Fibrous tissue armoring increases the mechanical strength of an impacted bone graft.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11327419     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Impacted, morselized bone allografts are used with good clinical results in revision of hip prostheses with loosening and osteolysis. The impacted bone graft appears radiographically to remodel, but histological analyses have shown a heterogeneous picture with a mixture of living and dead bone. Thus, complete remodeling of the graft may be neither a prerequisite nor a cause of the good clinical results. The present study concerns the mechanical effect of the mere armoring of the bone graft by ingrowing fibrous tissue. We compared the compression strength of freshly-impacted grafts to grafts that had been inserted into a bone chamber and thus were penetrated by fibrous tissue growing in between the graft trabeculae. The compressive strength was doubled after 4 weeks of fibrous ingrowth. We conclude that the mechanical properties of an impacted graft are enhanced by armoring with ingrowing fibrous tissue. Strengthening of the parts of the impacted grafts which have not yet remodeled, would be clinically relevant for the outcome of the operation, since these parts are at high stress during the whole remodeling period. Complete osseous remodeling may not be necessary to obtain a good clinical result with a morselized impacted graft.
Authors:
M Tägil; P Aspenberg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica     Volume:  72     ISSN:  0001-6470     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Orthop Scand     Publication Date:  2001 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-04-30     Completed Date:  2001-05-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370352     Medline TA:  Acta Orthop Scand     Country:  Norway    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden. magnus.tagil@ort.lu.se
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biomechanics
Bone Remodeling / physiology*
Bone Transplantation / adverse effects,  methods*
Compressive Strength
Connective Tissue / growth & development*
Male
Models, Animal
Osseointegration / physiology*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Tibia / transplantation*
Time Factors
Transplantation, Homologous / adverse effects,  methods
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Acta Orthop Scand. 2001 Dec;72(6):661-3   [PMID:  11817885 ]

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