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Riesenbeck O, Czarnowski N, Raschke MJ, Oeckenpöhler S, Hartensuer R. Primary Stability of Kyphoplasty in Incomplete Vertebral Body Burst Fractures in Osteoporosis: A Biomechanical Investigation. Bioengineering (Basel) 2024; 11:798. [PMID: 39199756 PMCID: PMC11352168 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11080798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2024] [Revised: 08/02/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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Background: The objective of our study was to biomechanically evaluate the use of kyphoplasty to stabilize post-traumatic segmental instability in incomplete burst fractures of the vertebrae. Methods: The study was performed on 14 osteoporotic spine postmortem samples (Th11-L3). First, acquisition of the native multisegmental kinematics in our robot-based spine tester with three-dimensional motion analysis was set as a baseline for each sample. Then, an incomplete burst fracture was generated in the vertebral body L1 with renewed kinematic testing. After subsequent kyphoplasty was performed on the fractured vertebral body, primary stability was examined again. Results: Initially, a significant increase in the range of motion after incomplete burst fracture generation in all three directions of motion (extension-flexion, lateral tilt, axial rotation) was detected as proof of post-traumatic instability. There were no significant changes to the native state in the adjacent segments. Radiologically, a significant loss of height in the fractured vertebral body was also shown. Traumatic instability was significantly reduced by kyphoplasty. However, native kinematics were not restored. Conclusions: Although post-traumatic segmental instability was significantly reduced by kyphoplasty in our in vitro model, native kinematics could not be reconstructed, and significant instability remained.
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- Oliver Riesenbeck
- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Center for Orthopaedic, Traumatology, Handsurgery, and Sportsmedicine, Klinikum Aschaffenburg-Alzenau, 63739 Aschaffenburg, Germany
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Riesenbeck O, Czarnowski N, Raschke MJ, Oeckenpöhler S, Hartensuer R. Biomechanical Comparisons between One- and Two-Compartment Devices for Reconstructing Vertebrae by Kyphoplasty. Bioengineering (Basel) 2024; 11:795. [PMID: 39199752 PMCID: PMC11352009 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11080795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Accepted: 08/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This biomechanical in vitro study compared two kyphoplasty devices for the extent of height reconstruction, load-bearing capacity, cement volume, and adjacent fracture under cyclic loading. METHODS Multisegmental (T11-L3) specimens were mounted into a testing machine and subjected to compression, creating an incomplete burst fracture of L1. Kyphoplasty was performed using a one- or two-compartment device. Then, the testing machine was used for a cyclic loading test of load-bearing capacity to compare the two groups for the amount of applied load until failure and subsequent adjacent fracture. RESULTS Vertebral body height reconstruction was effective for both groups but not statistically significantly different. After cyclic loading, refracture of vertebrae that had undergone kyphoplasty was not observed in any specimen, but fractures were observed in adjacent vertebrae. The differences between the numbers of cycles and of loads were not statistically significant. An increase in cement volume was strongly correlated with increased risks of adjacent fractures. CONCLUSION The two-compartment device was not substantially superior to the one-compartment device. The use of higher cement volume correlated with the occurrence of adjacent fractures.
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- Oliver Riesenbeck
- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building W1, Waldeyerstraße 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Center for Orthopaedic, Traumatology, Handsurgery and Sports Medicine, Klinikum Aschaffenburg-Alzenau, 63739 Aschaffenburg, Germany
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Rahman T, Kibble MJ, Harbert G, Smith N, Brewer E, Schaer TP, Newell N. Comparison of four in vitro test methods to assess nucleus pulposus replacement device expulsion risk. JOR Spine 2024; 7:e1332. [PMID: 38655007 PMCID: PMC11037461 DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.1332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Background Nucleus replacement devices (NRDs) are not routinely used in clinic, predominantly due to the risk of device expulsion. Rigorous in vitro testing may enable failure mechanisms to be identified prior to clinical trials; however, current testing standards do not specify a particular expulsion test. Multiple methods have therefore been developed, complicating comparisons between NRD designs. Thus, this study assessed the effectiveness of four previously reported expulsion testing protocols; hula-hoop (Protocol 1), adapted hula-hoop (Protocol 2), eccentric cycling (Protocol 3), and ramp to failure (Protocol 4), applied to two NRDs, one preformed and one in situ curing. Methods Nucleus material was removed from 40 bovine tail intervertebral disks. A NRD was inserted posteriorly into each cavity and the disks were subjected to one of four expulsion protocols. Results NRD response was dependent on both the NRD design and the loading protocol. Protocol 1 resulted in higher migration and earlier failure rates compared to Protocol 2 in both NRDs. The preformed NRD was more likely to migrate when protocols incorporated rotation. The NRDs had equal migration (60%) and expulsion (60%) rates when using unilateral bending and ramp testing. Combining the results of multiple tests revealed complimentary information regarding the NRD response. Conclusions Adapted hula-hoop (Protocol 2) and ramp to failure (Protocol 4), combined with fluoroscopic analysis, revealed complimentary insights regarding migration and failure risk. Therefore, when adopting the surgical approach and animal model used in this study, it is recommended that NRD performance be assessed using both a cyclic and ramp loading protocol.
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- Tamanna Rahman
- Department of BioengineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
- Biomechanics Group, Department of Mechanical EngineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional ScienceUniversity College LondonStanmoreUK
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringRowan UniversityGlassboroNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of Clinical Studies New Bolton CenterUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary MedicineKennett SquarePennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of BioengineeringImperial College LondonLondonUK
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Wilke HJ, Fuchs H, Benz K, Mollenhauer J, Gaissmaier C, Heuer F, Neidlinger-Wilke C. The Injection of Gels Through an Intact Annulus Maintains Biomechanical Performance without Extrusion Risk. Gels 2024; 10:269. [PMID: 38667688 PMCID: PMC11049287 DOI: 10.3390/gels10040269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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For autologous-disc-derived chondrocyte transplantation (ADCT) a transglutaminase crosslinked gelatine gel and an albumin hyaluronic acid gel, crosslinked with bis-thio-polyethylene glycol, were injected through a syringe into a degenerated intervertebral disc, where they solidified in situ. This biomechanical in vitro study with lumbar bovine motion segments evaluated disc height changes, motion characteristics in a quasi-static spine loading simulators, and the potential extrusion risk of these biomaterials in a complex dynamic multi-axial loading set-up with 100,000 loading cycles. After the injection and formation of the gel in the center of the nucleus, the disc height increase was about 0.3 mm. During cyclic testing, a gradual decrease in height could be detected due to viscoelastic effects and fluid loss. No gel extrusion could be observed for all specimens during the entire test procedure. A macroscopic inspection after dissections showed an accumulation of the solidified gel in the center of the nucleus. The results demonstrate that the injection of in situ solidifying gels through the intact annulus allows for the stable maintenance of the injected gel at the target location, with high potential for use as a suitable scaffold to anchor therapeutically applied cells for disc regeneration within the treated nucleus pulposus.
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- Hans-Joachim Wilke
- Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Centre for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany (C.N.-W.)
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- Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Centre for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany (C.N.-W.)
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, The University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (K.B.)
- TETEC Tissue Engineering Technologies AG, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany;
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- NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute, The University of Tübingen, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany; (K.B.)
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- Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Centre for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany (C.N.-W.)
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- Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Centre for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany (C.N.-W.)
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Zhou Q, Wan Y, Ma L, Dong L, Yuan W. Percutaneous Curved Vertebroplasty Decrease the Risk of Cemented Vertebra Refracture Compared with Bilateral Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. Clin Interv Aging 2024; 19:289-301. [PMID: 38434576 PMCID: PMC10907131 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s438036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare the refracture rate of the cemented vertebral body of percutaneous curved vertebroplasty (PCVP) and bilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF). Methods Ninety-four patients with single segment thoracolumbar OVCF were randomly divided into two groups (47 patients in each) and underwent PCVP or bilateral PKP surgery, respectively. Refracture of cemented vertebral body, bone cement injection volume and cement pattern, cement leakage rate, total surgical time, intraoperative fluoroscopy time, preoperative and postoperative Cobb angles and anterior vertebral height, Oswestry disability index questionnaire (ODI) and visual analog scales (VAS) were recorded. Results The PCVP group had significantly lower refracture incidence of the cemented vertebral than the bilateral PKP group (p<0.05). There was a significant postoperative improvement in the VAS score and ODI in both group (p<0.01), and no significant difference was found between two groups. The operation time and intraoperative fluoroscopy times were significantly less in the PCVP group than in the bilateral PKP group (p<0.01). The mean kyphosis angle correction and vertebral height restoration in the PCVP group was significantly less than that in the bilateral PKP group (p<0.01). Conclusion Both PCVP and PKP were safe and effective treatments for OVCF. The PCVP had lower refracture rate of the cemented vertebral than the bilateral PKP group, and PCVP entailed less exposure to fluoroscopy and shorter operation time than bilateral PKP.
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- Qiang Zhou
- Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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Spiegl UJ, Weidling M, Nitsch V, Heilmann R, Heilemann M, Wendler T, Schleifenbaum S, Reinhardt M, Heyde CE. Restricted cement augmentation in unstable geriatric midthoracic fractures treated by long-segmental posterior stabilization leads to a comparable construct stability. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23816. [PMID: 34893697 PMCID: PMC8664925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03336-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The goal of this study is to compare the construct stability of long segmental dorsal stabilization in unstable midthoracic osteoporotic fractures with complete pedicle screw cement augmentation (ComPSCA) versus restricted pedicle screw cement augmentation (ResPSCA) of the most cranial and caudal pedicle screws under cyclic loading. Twelve fresh frozen human cadaveric specimens (Th4–Th10) from individuals aged 65 years and older were tested in a biomechanical cadaver study. All specimens received a DEXA scan and computer tomography (CT) scan prior to testing. All specimens were matched into pairs. These pairs were randomized into the ComPSCA group and ResPSCA group. An unstable Th7 fracture was simulated. Periodic bending in flexion direction with a torque of 2.5 Nm and 25,000 cycles was applied. Markers were applied to the vertebral bodies to measure segmental movement. After testing, a CT scan of all specimens was performed. The mean age of the specimens was 87.8 years (range 74–101). The mean T-score was − 3.6 (range − 1.2 to − 5.3). Implant failure was visible in three specimens, two of the ComPSCA group and one of the ResPSCA group, affecting only one pedicle screw in each case. Slightly higher segmental movement could be evaluated in these three specimens. No further statistically significant differences were observed between the study groups. The construct stability under cyclic loading in flexion direction of long segmental posterior stabilization of an unstable osteoporotic midthoracic fracture using ResPSCA seems to be comparable to ComPSCA.
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- Ulrich J Spiegl
- Department of Orthopaedic, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Research On Musculoskeletal Systems (ZESBO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Di Pauli von Treuheim T, Zengerle L, Hecht AC, Iatridis JC, Wilke HJ. Does the neutral zone quantification method matter? Efficacy of evaluating neutral zone during destabilization and restabilization in human spine implant testing. J Biomech 2021; 129:110756. [PMID: 34619461 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neutral zone (NZ) is an important biomechanical parameter when evaluating spinal instability following destabilizing and restabilizing events, with particular relevance for implant efficacy testing. It remains unclear what NZ calculation methods are most sensitive at capturing NZ changes across treatment conditions and a direct comparison is needed. The purpose of this study was to determine the most sensitive method at quantifying instability in human spines. Six cadaveric lumbar motion segments were subjected to a repeated measures implant testing schema of four sequential conditions: (1) Intact, (2) injury by herniation, (3) device implantation, (4) long-term cyclic fatigue loading. NZ was expected to increase after destabilization (steps 2 & 4) and decrease after restabilization (step 3). NZ methods compared in this study were: trilinear (TL), double sigmoid (DS), zero load (ZL), stiffness threshold (ST), and extrapolated elastic zone (EEZ). TL, ZL, and EEZ identified statistically significant NZ differences after each condition in flexion/extension and lateral bending. The ZL method also captured differences in axial rotation. All methods identified expected NZ changes after destabilization and restabilization, except DS in axial rotation. The TL, ZL, and EEZ methods were the most sensitive methods with this human cadaveric dataset. Future investigations comparing methods with additional datasets will clarify outcome generalizability and determine what curve profiles are most suitable for DS and ST methods. Understanding the applicability of NZ methods can enhance rigor and reliability of spinal instability measurements when quantifying the efficacy of novel implants and permits insight into clinically relevant biomechanical changes.
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- T Di Pauli von Treuheim
- One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1188, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
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- Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
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- One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1188, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
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- One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1188, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
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- Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Center for Trauma Research Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
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Chien HY, Yang YC, Hsieh MH, Yang CC. Early Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Improves Bone-Cement Integration and Reduces Adjacent Fractures. World Neurosurg 2021; 156:e283-e290. [PMID: 34543733 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is widely used for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). However, the influence of PVP timing (early vs. late) on development of adjacent vertebral fractures has rarely been discussed. This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate bone-cement binding for thoracolumbar fractures (T8-L3) using a new assessment method to predict risk for adjacent vertebral fractures. METHODS Patients with a single-level T-score ≤ -1.0 of lumbar bone mineral density and a primary osteoporotic VCF in the thoracolumbar region (T8-L3) who underwent PVP from October 2016 to February 2018 at our medical university-affiliated hospital were included. Patients were divided into refracture and non-refracture groups. All patients underwent computed tomography after vertebroplasty. Bone-cement distribution patterns were evaluated using standardized axial computed tomography images of each cemented vertebra by 4 independent observers with ImageJ software. The smoothness index was calculated as a percentage of smooth margins. RESULTS Of 51 VCFs, 15 (29.4%) and 36 (70.6%) were refracture and non-refracture VCFs, respectively. The mean smoothness index (MSI) was higher in the refracture group than in the non-refracture group (P < 0.01), with an increased refracture risk that corresponded to increased MSI values (P = 0.004). Spearman correlation coefficient (0.375) showed a positive correlation between the fracture-vertebroplasty interval and MSI (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Axial computed tomography images were used to characterize bone-cement binding properties. Patients who underwent early PVP had a lower MSI, better bone-cement integration, and fewer adjacent fractures.
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- Hung Yang Chien
- Department of Orthopedics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopedics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopedics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Haulien City, Taiwan.
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Kinne RW, Gunnella F, Kunisch E, Heinemann S, Nies B, Maenz S, Horbert V, Illerhaus B, Huber R, Firkowska-Boden I, Bossert J, Jandt KD, Sachse A, Bungartz M, Brinkmann O. Performance of Calcium Phosphate Cements in the Augmentation of Sheep Vertebrae-An Ex Vivo Study. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14143873. [PMID: 34300793 PMCID: PMC8307240 DOI: 10.3390/ma14143873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Oil-based calcium phosphate cement (Paste-CPC) shows not only prolonged shelf life and injection times, but also improved cohesion and reproducibility during application, while retaining the advantages of fast setting, mechanical strength, and biocompatibility. In addition, poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) fiber reinforcement may decrease the risk for local extrusion. Bone defects (diameter 5 mm; depth 15 mm) generated ex vivo in lumbar (L) spines of female Merino sheep (2–4 years) were augmented using: (i) water-based CPC with 10% PLGA fiber reinforcement (L3); (ii) Paste-CPC (L4); or (iii) clinically established polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement (L5). Untouched (L1) and empty vertebrae (L2) served as controls. Cement performance was analyzed using micro-computed tomography, histology, and biomechanical testing. Extrusion was comparable for Paste-CPC(-PLGA) and PMMA, but significantly lower for CPC + PLGA. Compressive strength and Young’s modulus were similar for Paste-CPC and PMMA, but significantly higher compared to those for empty defects and/or CPC + PLGA. Expectedly, all experimental groups showed significantly or numerically lower compressive strength and Young’s modulus than those of untouched controls. Ready-to-use Paste-CPC demonstrates a performance similar to that of PMMA, but improved biomechanics compared to those of water-based CPC + PLGA, expanding the therapeutic arsenal for bone defects. O, significantly lower extrusion of CPC + PLGA fibers into adjacent lumbar spongiosa may help to reduce the risk of local extrusion in spinal surgery.
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- Raimund W. Kinne
- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-36691-81228
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
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- INNOTERE GmbH, Meissner Str. 191, 01445 Radebeul, Germany; (S.H.); (B.N.)
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- INNOTERE GmbH, Meissner Str. 191, 01445 Radebeul, Germany; (S.H.); (B.N.)
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (S.M.); (I.F.-B.); (J.B.); (K.D.J.)
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
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- BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –Prüfung (BAM), 12205 Berlin, Germany;
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany;
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (S.M.); (I.F.-B.); (J.B.); (K.D.J.)
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (S.M.); (I.F.-B.); (J.B.); (K.D.J.)
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; (S.M.); (I.F.-B.); (J.B.); (K.D.J.)
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
- Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Neugasse 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
- Orthopedic Professorship, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
- Orthopedic Professorship, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; (F.G.); (E.K.); (V.H.); (A.S.); (M.B.); (O.B.)
- Orthopedic Professorship, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkliniken Eisenberg GmbH, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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A biomechanical comparison of a cement-augmented odontoid screw with a posterior-instrumented fusion in geriatric patients with an odontoid fracture type IIb. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2021; 30:1566-1573. [PMID: 33929612 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-021-06848-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Possible surgical therapies for odontoid fracture type IIb include odontoid screw osteosynthesis (OG) with preservation of mobility or dorsal C1/2 fusion with restriction of cervical rotation. In order to reduce material loosening in odontoid screw osteosynthesis in patients with low bone density, augmentation at the base of the axis using bone cement has been established as a suitable alternative. In this study, we compared cement-augmented OG and C1/2 fusion according to Harms (HG). METHODS Body donor preparations of the 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae were randomized in 2 groups (OG vs. HG). The range of motion (ROM) was determined in 3 principle motion plains. Subsequently, a cyclic loading test was performed. The decrease in height of the specimen and the double amplitude height were determined as absolute values as an indication of screw loosening. Afterward, the ROM was determined again and loosening of the screws was measured in a computed tomography. RESULTS A total of 16 were included. Two groups of 8 specimens (OG vs. HG) from patients with a median age of 80 (interquartile range (IQ) 73.5-85) years and a reduced bone density of 87.2 (IQ 71.2-104.5) mg/cc dipotassium hydrogen phosphate were examined for their biomechanical properties. Before and after exposure, the OG preparations were significantly more mobile. At the time of loading, the OG had similar loading properties to HG decrease in height of the specimen and the double amplitude height. Computed tomography revealed similar outcomes with regard to the screw loosening rate (62.5 vs. 87.5%, p = 0.586). CONCLUSION In patients with an odontoid fracture type IIb and reduced bone density, cement-augmented odontoid screw yielded similar properties in the loading tests compared to the HG. It may, therefore, be considered as a primary alternative to preserve cervical mobility in these patients.
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Purcell P, McEvoy F, Tiernan S, Sweeney D, Morris S. A combined experimental and computational study of mechanical properties after balloon kyphoplasty. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2021; 235:897-906. [PMID: 33928812 DOI: 10.1177/09544119211013927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vertebral compression fractures rank among the most frequent injuries to the musculoskeletal system, with more than 1 million fractures per annum worldwide. The past decade has seen a considerable increase in the utilisation of surgical procedures such as balloon kyphoplasty to treat these injuries. While many kyphoplasty studies have examined the risk of damage to adjacent vertebra after treatment, recent case reports have also emerged to indicate the potential for the treated vertebra itself to re-collapse after surgery. The following study presents a combined experimental and computational study of balloon kyphoplasty which aims to establish a methodology capable of evaluating these cases of vertebral re-collapse. Results from both the experimental tests and computational models showed significant increases in strength and stiffness after treatment, by factors ranging from 1.44 to 1.93, respectively. Fatigue tests on treated specimens showed a 37% drop in the rate of stiffness loss compared to the untreated baseline case. Further analysis of the computational models concluded that inhibited PMMA interdigitation at the interface during kyphoplasty could reverse improvements in strength and stiffness that could otherwise be gained by the treatment.
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- Philip Purcell
- Bioengineering Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.,CADFEM Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.,Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
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- Bioengineering Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Bioengineering Technology Centre, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, National Spinal Injuries Unit, Dublin, Ireland
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Georg Schmorl Prize of the German Spine Society (DWG) 2020: new biomechanical in vitro test method to determine subsidence risk of vertebral body replacements. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2021; 30:1117-1124. [PMID: 33730216 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-021-06764-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Prevention of implant subsidence in osteoporotic (thoraco)lumbar spines is still a major challenge in spinal surgery. In this study, a new biomechanical in vitro test method was developed to simulate patient activities in order to determine the subsidence risk of vertebral body replacements during physiologic loading conditions. METHODS The study included 12 (thoraco)lumbar (T11-L1, L2-L4) human specimens. After dorsal stabilisation and corpectomy, vertebral body replacements (VBR) with (a) round centrally located and (b) lateral end pieces with apophyseal support were implanted, equally distributed regarding segment, sex, mean BMD ((a) 64.2 mgCaHA/cm3, (b) 66.7 mgCaHA/cm3) and age ((a) 78 years, (b) 73.5 years). The specimens were then subjected to everyday activities (climbing stairs, tying shoes, lifting 20 kg) simulated by a custom-made dynamic loading simulator combining corresponding axial loads with flexion-extension and lateral bending movements. They were applied in oscillating waves at 0.5 Hz and raised every 100 cycles phase-shifted to each other by 50 N or 0.25°, respectively. The range of motion (ROM) of the specimens was determined in all three motion planes under pure moments of 3.75 Nm prior to and after implantation as well as subsequently following activities. Simultaneously, subsidence depth was quantified from fluoroscope films. A mixed model (significance level: 0.05) was established to relate subsidence risk to implant geometries and patients' activities. RESULTS With this new test method, simulating everyday activities provoked clinically relevant subsidence schemes. Generally, severe everyday activities caused deeper subsidence which resulted in increased ROM. Subsidence of lateral end pieces was remarkably less pronounced which was accompanied by a smaller ROM in flexion-extension and higher motion possibilities in axial rotation (p = 0.05). CONCLUSION In this study, a new biomechanical test method was developed that simulates physiologic activities to examine implant subsidence. It appears that the highest risk of subsidence occurs most when lifting heavy weights, and into the ventral part of the caudal vertebra. The results indicate that lateral end pieces may better prevent from implant subsidence because of the additional cortical support. Generally, patients that are treated with a VBR should avoid activities that create high loading on the spine.
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Can cavity-based pedicle screw augmentation decrease screw loosening? A biomechanical in vitro study. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2020; 30:2283-2291. [PMID: 33355707 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-020-06676-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE In an osteoporotic vertebral body, cement-augmented pedicle screw fixation could possibly be optimized by the creation of an initial cavity. The aim of this study is to compare three test groups with regard to their loosening characteristics under cyclic loading. METHODS Eighteen human, osteoporotic spine segments were divided in three groups. Flexibility tests and cyclic loading tests were performed with an internal fixator. The screws were fixed after creation a cavity and with cement (cavity-augmented group), without cavity and with cement (augmented group), and without cavity and without cement (control group). Cyclic loading up to 100,000 cycles was applied with a complex loading protocol. Screw loosening was measured with flexibility tests after implantation and after cyclic loading. Cement distribution was visualized from CT scans. RESULTS In all groups, range of motion increased during cyclic loading, representing significant screw loosening after 100,000 cycles. In both augmented groups, screw loosening was less pronounced than in the control group. The cavity-augmented group showed only a slight tendency of screw loosening, but with smaller variations compared to both other groups. This may be explained with a trend for a more equal and homogeneous cement volume around each tip for the cavity-augmented group. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that creating a cavity may allow a more equal fixation of all pedicle screws with slight reduction of loosening. However, augmentation only through a cannulated screw is almost equivalent, if care is taken that enough cement volume can be pushed out around the tip of the screw.
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Schröter L, Kaiser F, Stein S, Gbureck U, Ignatius A. Biological and mechanical performance and degradation characteristics of calcium phosphate cements in large animals and humans. Acta Biomater 2020; 117:1-20. [PMID: 32979583 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) have been used to treat bone defects and support bone regeneration because of their good biocompatibility and osteointegrative behavior. Since their introduction in the 1980s, remarkable clinical success has been achieved with these biomaterials, because they offer the unique feature of being moldable and even injectable into implant sites, where they harden through a low-temperature setting reaction. However, despite decades of research efforts, two major limitations concerning their biological and mechanical performance hamper a broader clinical use. Firstly, achieving a degradation rate that is well adjusted to the dynamics of bone formation remains a challenging issue. While apatite-forming CPCs frequently remain for years at the implant site without major signs of degradation, brushite-forming CPCs are considered to degrade to a greater extent. However, the latter tend to convert into lower soluble phases under physiological conditions, which makes their degradation behavior rather unpredictable. Secondly, CPCs exhibit insufficient mechanical properties for load bearing applications because of their inherent brittleness. This review places an emphasis on these limitations and provides an overview of studies that have investigated the biological and biomechanical performance as well as the degradation characteristics of different CPCs after implantation into trabecular bone. We reviewed studies performed in large animals, because they mimic human bone physiology more closely in terms of bone metabolism and mechanical loading conditions compared with small laboratory animals. We compared the results of these studies with clinical trials that have dealt with the degradation behavior of CPCs after vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
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- Lena Schröter
- Institute for Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University Medical Center, Helmholtzstrasse 14, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University Medical Center, Helmholtzstrasse 14, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Würzburg, Pleicherwall 2, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University Medical Center, Helmholtzstrasse 14, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
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Tan L, Wen B, Guo Z, Chen Z. The effect of bone cement distribution on the outcome of percutaneous Vertebroplasty: a case cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2020; 21:541. [PMID: 32791975 PMCID: PMC7427078 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-020-03568-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background To analyze the effect of different types of bone cement distribution after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). Methods One hundred thirty seven patients with single level OVCF who underwent PVP were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups according to bone cement distribution. Group A: bone cement contacted both upper and lower endplates; Group B: bone cement missed at least one endplate. Group B was divided into 3 subgroups. Group B1: bone cement only contacted the upper endplates; Group B2: bone cement only contacted the lower endplates; Group B3: bone cement only located in the middle of vertebral body. The visual analogue scale (VAS) score at 24 h post operation and last follow-up, anterior vertebral height restoration ratio (AVHRR), anterior vertebral height loss ratio (AVHLR), local kyphotic angle change and vertebral body recompression rate were compared. Results 24 h post operation, the pain of all groups were significantly improved. The average follow-up time was 15.3 ± 6.3 (6–24) months. At last follow-up, the VAS score of group A was lower than that of group B. There were 14 cases (10.2%) of adjacent vertebral fracture, 5 cases (8.6%) in group A and 9 cases (11.4%) in group B. There were 9 cases (6.6%) of cement leakage, 4 cases (6.9%) in group A and 5 cases (6.3%) in group B. At last follow-up, there were 16 cases (11.7%) of vertebral body recompression, including 3 cases (5.2%) in group A and 13 cases (16.5%) in group B. There was no significant difference in AVHRR between two groups. Local kyphotic angle change was significant larger in group B. At last follow-up, AVHLR in group B was higher than that in group A. Analysis in subgroup B revealed no significant difference in VAS score, local kyphotic angle change, vertebral recompression rate, AVHRR or AVHLR. Conclusions If the bone cement fully contacted both the upper and lower endplates, it can better restore the strength of the vertebral body and maintain the height of the vertebral body, reduce the risk of the vertebral body recompression and long-term pain.
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- Lei Tan
- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University International Hospital, Life Park Road No.1 Life Science Park of Zhong Guancun, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University International Hospital, Life Park Road No.1 Life Science Park of Zhong Guancun, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University International Hospital, Life Park Road No.1 Life Science Park of Zhong Guancun, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.,Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University International Hospital, Life Park Road No.1 Life Science Park of Zhong Guancun, Changping District, Beijing, 102206, China.,Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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Ku KL, Wu YS, Wang CY, Hong DW, Chen ZX, Huang CA, Chu IM, Lai PL. Incorporation of surface-modified hydroxyapatite into poly(methyl methacrylate) to improve biological activity and bone ingrowth. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2019; 6:182060. [PMID: 31218032 PMCID: PMC6549960 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.182060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is the most frequently used bone void filler in orthopedic surgery. However, the interface between the PMMA-based cement and adjacent bone tissue is typically weak as PMMA bone cement is inherently bioinert and not ideal for bone ingrowth. The present study aims to improve the affinity between the polymer and ceramic interphases. By surface modifying nano-sized hydroxyapatite (nHAP) with ethylene glycol and poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL) sequentially via a two-step ring opening reaction, affinity was improved between the polymer and ceramic interphases of PCL-grafted ethylene glycol-HAP (gHAP) in PMMA. Due to better affinity, the compressive strength of gHAP/PMMA was significantly enhanced compared with nHAP/PMMA. Furthermore, PMMA with 20 wt.% gHAP promoted pre-osteoblast cell proliferation in vitro and showed the best osteogenic activity between the composites tested in vivo. Taken together, gHAP/PMMA not only improves the interfacial adhesion between the nanoparticles and cement, but also increases the biological activity and affinity between the osteoblast cells and PMMA composite cement. These results show that gHAP and its use in polymer/bioceramic composite has great potential to improve the functionality of PMMA cement.
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- Kuan-Lin Ku
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Bone and Joint Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Bone and Joint Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fuxing Street, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 33305, Taiwan, Republic of China
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Bone and Joint Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Panpisut P, Khan MA, Main K, Arshad M, Xia W, Petridis H, Young AM. Polymerization kinetics stability, volumetric changes, apatite precipitation, strontium release and fatigue of novel bone composites for vertebroplasty. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0207965. [PMID: 30883564 PMCID: PMC6422261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The aim was to determine effects of diluent monomer and monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MCPM) on polymerization kinetics and volumetric stability, apatite precipitation, strontium release and fatigue of novel dual-paste composites for vertebroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS Polypropylene (PPGDMA) or triethylene (TEGDMA) glycol dimethacrylates (25 wt%) diluents were combined with urethane dimethacrylate (70 wt%) and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (5 wt%). 70 wt% filler containing glass particles, glass fibers (20 wt%) and polylysine (5 wt%) was added. Benzoyl peroxide and MCPM (10 or 20 wt%) or N-tolyglycine glycidyl methacrylate and tristrontium phosphate (15 wt%) were included to give initiator or activator pastes. Commercial PMMA (Simplex) and bone composite (Cortoss) were used for comparison. ATR-FTIR was used to determine thermal activated polymerization kinetics of initiator pastes at 50-80°C. Paste stability, following storage at 4-37°C, was assessed visually or through mixed paste polymerization kinetics at 25°C. Polymerization shrinkage and heat generation were calculated from final monomer conversions. Subsequent expansion and surface apatite precipitation in simulated body fluid (SBF) were assessed gravimetrically and via SEM. Strontium release into water was assessed using ICP-MS. Biaxial flexural strength (BFS) and fatigue properties were determined at 37°C after 4 weeks in SBF. RESULTS Polymerization profiles all exhibited an inhibition time before polymerization as predicted by free radical polymerization mechanisms. Initiator paste inhibition times and maximum reaction rates were described well by Arrhenius plots. Plot extrapolation, however, underestimated lower temperature paste stability. Replacement of TEGDMA by PPGDMA, enhanced paste stability, final monomer conversion, water-sorption induced expansion and strontium release but reduced polymerization shrinkage and heat generation. Increasing MCPM level enhanced volume expansion, surface apatite precipitation and strontium release. Although the experimental composite flexural strengths were lower compared to those of commercially available Simplex, the extrapolated low load fatigue lives of all materials were comparable. CONCLUSIONS Increased inhibition times at high temperature give longer predicted shelf-life whilst stability of mixed paste inhibition times is important for consistent clinical application. Increased volumetric stability, strontium release and apatite formation should encourage bone integration. Replacing TEGDMA by PPGDMA and increasing MCPM could therefore increase suitability of the above novel bone composites for vertebroplasty. Long fatigue lives of the composites may also ensure long-term durability of the materials.
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- Piyaphong Panpisut
- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, Unit of Prosthodontics, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
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How does a novel knitted titanium nucleus prosthesis change the kinematics of a cervical spine segment? A biomechanical cadaveric study. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2019; 63:134-139. [PMID: 30889432 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Total disc replacement is a possible treatment alternative for patients with degenerative disc disease, especially in the cervical spine. The aim is to restore the physiological flexibility and biomechanical behavior. A new approach based on these requirements is the novel nucleus prosthesis made of knitted titanium wires. METHODS The biomechanical functionalities of eight human cervical (C4-C7) spine segments were investigated. The range of motion was quantified using an ultra-sound based motion analysis system. Moreover, X-rays in full flexion and extension of the segment were taken to define the center of rotation before and after implantation of the nucleus prosthesis as well as during and after complex cyclic loading. FINDINGS The mean range of motion of the index segment (C5/6) in flexion/extension showed a significant reduction of range of motion from 9.7° (SD 4.33) to 6.0° (SD 3.97) after implantation (P = 0.037). Lateral bending and axial rotation were not significantly reduced after implanting and during cyclic loading in our testing. During cyclic loading the mean range of motion for flexion/extension increased to 7.2° (SD 3.67). The center of rotation remained physiological in the ap-plane and moved cranially in the cc-plane (-27% to -5% in cc height) during the testing. INTERPRETATION The biomechanical behavior of the nucleus implant might lower the risk for adjacent joint disorders and restore native function of the index segment. Further in vivo research is needed for other factors, like long-term effects and patient's satisfaction.
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Arabmotlagh M, Nikoleiski SC, Schmidt S, Rauschmann M, Rickert M, Fleege C. Radiological evaluation of kyphoplasty with an intravertebral expander after osteoporotic vertebral fracture. J Orthop Res 2019; 37:457-465. [PMID: 30457166 DOI: 10.1002/jor.24180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Spinal deformities due to osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures can be reduced by balloon kyphoplasty, but the correction may be partly lost when the balloon is deflated. The present study aimed to evaluate an intravertebral expander developed to reduce and maintain vertebral body height while cement is injected to correct spinal deformities due to osteoporotic vertebral fractures. The study included 31 osteoporotic vertebral body fractures in 31 patients, classified as A1 according to the AO classification, who underwent kyphoplasty using an intravertebral expander. The kyphosis angle was significantly corrected from 13.4 degrees prior to kyphoplasty to 10.8 degrees (p < 0.01) after surgery, but this correction was lost at 12 months (13.3 degrees). The correction of the kyphosis angle best correlated with the pre-operative mobility of the fracture (r = 0.59, p < 0.01), and the loss of the kyphosis improvement correlated with the amount of correction (r = 0.49, p = 0.01). All patients, except for six with adjacent vertebral fractures, experienced significant pain reduction (VAS 8.7 pre-operatively and 2.0 at 12 months; p < 0.01), and the pain was not affected by the correction of the spinal deformity or the loss of correction in the follow-up period. These results suggest that the mobility of the fracture mainly determines the extent of deformity correction rather the device used for reduction, and greater corrections are at increased risk for losing the improvement. © 2018 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 37:457-465, 2019.
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Hessen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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The Role of Minimally Invasive Vertebral Body Stent on Reduction of the Deflation Effect After Kyphoplasty: A Biomechanical Study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2018; 43:E341-E347. [PMID: 28678108 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000002317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical investigation using cadaver spines. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to assess the magnitude of the deflation effect after balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) or use of minimally invasive vertebral body stent (MIVBS) in in vitro biomechanical condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA BKP is a well-established minimally invasive treatment option for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. However, this technique can lead to a secondary height loss-known as the "deflation effect"-causing intrasegmental kyphosis and an overall alignment failure. METHODS The study was conducted on 24 human cadaveric vertebral bodies (T12-L5). After creating a compression fracture model, the fractured vertebral bodies were reduced by BKP (n = 12) or by MIVBS (n = 12) and then augmented with polymethyl methacrylate bone cement. Each step of the procedure was performed under fluoroscopic guidance and the results were analyzed quantitatively. Finally, the strength and stiffness of augmented vertebral bodies were measured by biomechanical tests. RESULTS Complete initial reduction of the fractured vertebral body height was achieved by both systems. Secondary loss of reduction after balloon deflation was significantly greater in the BKP group (2.36 ± 0.63 mm vs. 0.34 ± 0.43 mm in the MIVBS group; P < 0.05). Height gain was significantly higher in the MIVBS group (77.68% ± 11.46% vs. 34.87% ± 13.16% in the BKP group; P < 0.05). Increase in the kyphotic angle gain (relative to the preoperative kyphotic angle) was significantly more in the MIVBS group (95.60% ± 6.12% vs. 77.0% ± 4.94% in the BKP group; P < 0.05). Failure load was significantly higher in the MIVBS group (189% ± 16% vs. 146% ± 14%; P < 0.05). However, stiffness was not significantly different between the two groups. CONCLUSION The deflation effect after BKP can be significantly decreased with the use of the MIVBS technique. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE N/A.
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Polymethylmethacrylate distribution is associated with recompression after vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A retrospective study. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198407. [PMID: 29856859 PMCID: PMC5983445 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture, always accompanied with pain and height loss of vertebral body, has a significant negative impact on life quality of patients. Vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty is minimal invasive techniques to reconstruct the vertebral height and prevent further collapse of the fractured vertebrae by injecting polymethylmethacrylate into vertebral body. However, recompression of polymethylmethacrylate augmented vertebrae with significant vertebral height loss and aggressive local kyphotic was observed frequently after VP or KP. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of polymethylmethacrylate distribution on recompression of the vertebral body after vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty surgery for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. METHODS A total of 281 patients who were diagnosed with vertebral compression fracture (T5-L5) from June 2014 to June 2016 and underwent vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty by polymethylmethacrylate were retrospectively analyzed. The X-ray films at 1 day and 12 months after surgery were compared to evaluate the recompression of operated vertebral body. Patients were divided into those without recompression (non-recompression group) and those with recompression (recompression group). Polymethylmethacrylate distribution pattern, including location and relationship to endplates, was compared between the two groups by lateral X-ray film. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the potential risk factors associated with polymethylmethacrylate distribution for recompression. RESULTS One hundred and six (37.7%) patients experienced recompression after surgery during the follow-up period. The polymethylmethacrylate distributed in the middle of vertebral body showed significant differences between two groups. In non-recompression group, the polymethylmethacrylate in the middle portion of vertebral body were closer to endplates than that in the recompression group (upper: t = 31.41, p<0.001; lower: t = 12.19, p<0.001). The higher percentage of the height of polymethylmethacrylate in the middle portion of vertebral body indicates the lower risk of recompression (odds ratio [OR]<0.01, p<0.001). The recompression group and non-recompression group showed significant difference in "contacted" polymethylmethacrylate distribution pattern (polymethylmethacrylate contacted to the both upper/lower endplates) (χ2 = 66.23, p<0.001). The vertebra with a "contacted" polymethylmethacrylate distribution pattern has lower risk of recompression (OR = 0.09, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Either more polymethylmethacrylate in the middle portion of vertebral body or "contacted" polymethylmethacrylate distribution pattern had a significantly less incidence of recompression. The findings indicated that the control of polymethylmethacrylate distribution during surgery may reduce the risks of recompression after vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty.
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Leschinger T, Engel K, Brüggemann GP, Dederer V, Neiss WF, Scheyerer MJ, Müller LP, Wegmann K. Glass -polyalkenoate cement: An alternative material for kyphoplasty in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures - An ex vivo study. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2018; 83:46-51. [PMID: 29677554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Adjacent vertebral body fracture is described as a risk after vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. It may be true that this phenomenon is caused precisely because of the frequently used polymethylmethacrylate cement (PMMA), which shows a higher level of stiffness than bone material and may ultimately lead to shifting stress levels within the entire spine. The goal of the present study was to evaluate and compare the pressure distribution in the endplate of human vertebrae after kyphoplasty with PMMA and aluminum-free glass-polyalkenoate cement (gpc). For the present study, 8 fresh frozen human cadaveric vertebral bodies from the thoracolumbar junction were used. All vertebrae were augmented transpedicularly on one side with gpc and on the other side with PMMA. A loading of 600 N, 800 N and 1000 N was applied. In the data processing an individual region of interest (roi) was generated for each vertebra. The following parameters were determined for each roi: maximum force [N], maximum pressure [kPa], mean pressure [kPa], roi area [cm2]. We found significantly higher mean pressure values in the areas of the vertebrae augmented with PMMA, compared to the ones after augmentation with gpc (p = 0.012) when applying 1000 N. In the groups with lower forces there were no statistical relevant differences. The pressure distribution shows an advantage for gpc. A material, which does not create load concentration onto the cranial and caudal vertebral surface, could have major advantages concerning the risk of adjacent vertebral fractures. Thus the results of the 1000 N loading protocol suggest gpc being a possible alternative to ordinary PMMA cement, regarding its influence on stiffness in kyphoplasty. These and other general aspects like incorporation should be addressed and elaborated more detailed in further studies.
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- Tim Leschinger
- Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Cologne, Germany; Cologne Center for Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Oberkircher L, Krüger A, Hörth D, Hack J, Ruchholtz S, Fleege C, Rauschmann M, Arabmotlagh M. Anterior cement augmentation of adjacent levels after vertebral body replacement leads to superior stability of the corpectomy cage under cyclic loading-a biomechanical investigation. Spine J 2018; 18:525-531. [PMID: 29174458 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.10.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the operative treatment of osteoporotic vertebral body fractures, a dorsal stabilization in combination with a corpectomy of the fractured vertebral body might be necessary with respect to the fracture morphology, whereby the osteoporotic bone quality may possibly increase the risk of implant failure. To achieve better stability, it is recommended to use cement-augmented screws for dorsal instrumentation. Besides careful end plate preparation, cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates has also been reported to lead to less reduction loss. PURPOSE The aim of the study was to evaluate biomechanically under cyclic loading whether an additional cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates leads to improved stability of the inserted cage. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING Methodical cadaver study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen fresh frozen human thoracic spines with proven osteoporosis were used (T2-T7). After removal of the soft tissues, the spine was embedded in Technovit (Kulzer, Germany). Subsequently, a corpectomy of T5 was performed, leaving the dorsal ligamentary structures intact. After randomization with respect to bone quality, two groups were generated: Dorsal instrumentation (cemented pedicle screws, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA)+cage implantation (CAPRI Corpectomy Cage, K2M, Leesburg, VA, USA) without additional cementation of the adjacent endplates (Group A) and dorsal instrumentation+cage implantation with additional cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates (Group B). The subsequent axial and cyclic loading was performed at a frequency of 1 Hz, starting at 400 N and increasing the load within 200 N after every 500 cycles up to a maximum of 2,200 N. Load failure was determined when the cages sintered macroscopically into the end plates (implant failure) or when the maximum load was reached. RESULTS One specimen in Group B could not be clamped appropriately into the test bench for axial loading because of a pronounced scoliotic misalignment and had to be excluded. The mean strength for implant failure was 1,000 N±258.2 N in Group A (no cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates, n=7); on average, 1,622.1±637.6 cycles were achieved. In Group B (cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates, n=6), the mean force at the end of loading was 1,766.7 N±320.4 N; an average of 3,572±920.6 cycles was achieved. Three specimens reached a load of 2,000 N. The differences between the two groups were significant (p=.006 and p=.0047) regarding load failure and number of cycles. CONCLUSIONS Additional cement augmentation of the adjacent end plates during implantation of a vertebral body replacement in osteoporotic bone resulted in a significant increased stability of the cage in the axial cyclic loading test.
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- Ludwig Oberkircher
- Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany.
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- Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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DANESI VALENTINA, FALDINI CESARE, CRISTOFOLINI LUCA. METHODS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LONG-TERM MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF CEMENTS FOR VERTEBROPLASTY AND KYPHOPLASTY: CRITICAL REVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS FOR TEST METHODS. J MECH MED BIOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519417300022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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There is a growing interest towards bone cements for use in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, as such spine procedures are becoming more and more common. Such cements feature different compositions, including both traditional acrylic cements and resorbable and bioactive materials. Due to the different compositions and intended use, the mechanical requirements of cements for spinal applications differ from those of traditional cements used in joint replacement. Because of the great clinical implications, it is very important to assess their long-term mechanical competence in terms of fatigue strength and creep. This paper aims at offering a critical overview of the methods currently adopted for such mechanical tests. The existing international standards and guidelines and the literature were searched for publications relevant to fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. While standard methods are available for traditional bone cements in general, no standard indicates specific methods or acceptance criteria for fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Similarly, a large number of papers were published on cements for joint replacements, but only few cover fatigue and creep of cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Furthermore, the literature was analyzed to provide some indications of tests parameters and acceptance criteria (number of cycles, duration in time, stress levels, acceptable amount of creep) for possible tests specifically relevant to cements for spinal applications.
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- VALENTINA DANESI
- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
- Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Università di Bologna — Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum — Università di Bologna, Italy
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GDF5 significantly augments the bone formation induced by an injectable, PLGA fiber-reinforced, brushite-forming cement in a sheep defect model of lumbar osteopenia. Spine J 2017. [PMID: 28642196 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Biodegradable calcium phosphate cement (CPC) represents a promising option for the surgical treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Because of augmented local bone catabolism, however, additional targeted delivery of bone morphogenetic proteins with the CPC may be needed to promote rapid and complete bone regeneration. PURPOSE In the present study, an injectable, poly(l-lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA) fiber-reinforced, brushite-forming cement (CPC) containing the bone morphogenetic protein GDF5 was tested in a sheep lumbar osteopenia model. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING This is a prospective experimental animal study. METHODS Defined bone defects (diameter 5 mm) were placed in aged, osteopenic female sheep. Defects were treated with fiber-reinforced CPC alone (L4; CPC+fibers) or with CPC containing different dosages of GDF5 (L5; CPC+fibers+GDF5; 1, 5, 100, and 500 µg GDF5; n=5 or 6 each). The results were compared with those of untouched controls (L1). Three and 9 months postoperation, structural and functional effects of the CPC (±GDF5) were assessed ex vivo by measuring (1) bone mineral density (BMD); (2) bone structure, that is, bone volume/total volume (assessed by micro-computed tomography and histomorphometry), trabecular thickness, and trabecular number; (3) bone formation, that is, osteoid volume/bone volume, osteoid surface/bone surface, osteoid thickness, mineralized surface/bone surface, mineral apposition rate, and bone formation rate/bone surface; (4) bone resorption, that is, eroded surface/bone surface; and (5) compressive strength. RESULTS Compared with untouched controls (L1), both CPC+fibers (L4) and CPC+fibers+GDF5 (L5) numerically or significantly improved all parameters of bone formation, bone resorption, and bone structure. These significant effects were observed both at 3 and 9 months, but for some parameters they were less pronounced at 9 months. Compared with CPC without GDF5, additional significant effects of CPC with GDF5 were demonstrated for BMD and parameters of bone formation and structure (bone volume/total volume, trabecular thickness, and trabecular number, as well as mineralized surface/bone surface). The GDF5 effects were dose-dependent (predominantly in the 5-100 µg range) at 3 and 9 months. CONCLUSIONS GDF5 significantly enhanced the bone formation induced by a PLGA fiber-reinforced CPC in sheep lumbar osteopenia. The results indicated that a local dose as low as ≤100 µg GDF5 may be sufficient to augment middle to long-term bone formation. The novel CPC+GDF5 combination may thus qualify as an alternative to the bioinert, supraphysiologically stiff poly(methyl methacrylate) cement currently applied for vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
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Gunnella F, Kunisch E, Bungartz M, Maenz S, Horbert V, Xin L, Mika J, Borowski J, Bischoff S, Schubert H, Hortschansky P, Sachse A, Illerhaus B, Günster J, Bossert J, Jandt KD, Plöger F, Kinne RW, Brinkmann O. Low-dose BMP-2 is sufficient to enhance the bone formation induced by an injectable, PLGA fiber-reinforced, brushite-forming cement in a sheep defect model of lumbar osteopenia. Spine J 2017; 17:1699-1711. [PMID: 28619686 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement (CPC) may be suitable for vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. However, additional targeted delivery of osteoinductive bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in the CPC may be required to counteract the augmented local bone catabolism and support complete bone regeneration. PURPOSE This study aimed at testing an injectable, poly (l-lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA) fiber-reinforced, brushite-forming cement (CPC) containing low-dose bone morphogenetic protein BMP-2 in a sheep lumbar osteopenia model. STUDY DESIGN/ SETTING This is a prospective experimental animal study. METHODS Bone defects (diameter 5 mm) were generated in aged, osteopenic female sheep and filled with fiber-reinforced CPC alone (L4; CPC+fibers) or with CPC containing different dosages of BMP-2 (L5; CPC+fibers+BMP-2; 1, 5, 100, and 500 µg BMP-2; n=5 or 6 each). The results were compared with those of untouched controls (L1). Three and 9 months after the operation, structural and functional effects of the CPC (±BMP-2) were analyzed ex vivo by measuring (1) bone mineral density (BMD); (2) bone structure, that is, bone volume/total volume (assessed by micro-computed tomography [micro-CT] and histomorphometry), trabecular thickness, and trabecular number; (3) bone formation, that is, osteoid volume/bone volume, osteoid surface/bone surface, osteoid thickness, mineralizing surface/bone surface, mineral apposition rate, and bone formation rate/bone surface; (4) bone resorption, that is, eroded surface/bone surface; and (5) compressive strength. RESULTS Compared with untouched controls (L1), CPC+fibers (L4) and/or CPC+fibers+BMP-2 (L5) significantly improved all parameters of bone formation, bone resorption, and bone structure. These effects were observed at 3 and 9 months, but were less pronounced for some parameters at 9 months. Compared with CPC without BMP-2, additional significant effects of BMP-2 were demonstrated for bone structure (bone volume/total volume, trabecular thickness, trabecular number) and formation (osteoid surface/bone surface and mineralizing surface/bone surface), as well as for the compressive strength. The BMP-2 effects on bone formation at 3 and 9 months were dose-dependent, with 5-100 µg as the optimal dosage. CONCLUSIONS BMP-2 significantly enhanced the bone formation induced by a PLGA fiber-reinforced CPC in sheep lumbar osteopenia. A single local dose as low as ≤100 µg BMP-2 was sufficient to augment middle to long-term bone formation. The novel CPC+BMP-2 may thus represent an alternative to the bioinert, supraphysiologically stiff polymethylmethacrylate cement presently used to treat osteoporotic vertebral fractures by vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty.
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- Francesca Gunnella
- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany; Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Welfare, Jena University Hospital, Dornburger Straße 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Welfare, Jena University Hospital, Dornburger Straße 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Beutenbergstr. 11a, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Welfare, Jena University Hospital, Dornburger Straße 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin; Germany
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany; Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany; Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Neugasse 23, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- BIOPHARM GmbH, Handelsstrasse 15, 69214 Eppelheim, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany.
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany; Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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Achatz G, Riesner HJ, Friemert B, Lechner R, Graf N, Wilke HJ. Biomechanical in vitro comparison of radiofrequency kyphoplasty and balloon kyphoplasty. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2017; 26:3225-3234. [DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-5035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 01/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ajaxon I, Öhman Mägi C, Persson C. Compressive fatigue properties of an acidic calcium phosphate cement-effect of phase composition. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2017; 28:41. [PMID: 28144853 PMCID: PMC5285421 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-017-5851-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) are synthetic bone grafting materials that can be used in fracture stabilization and to fill bone voids after, e.g., bone tumour excision. Currently there are several calcium phosphate-based formulations available, but their use is partly limited by a lack of knowledge of their mechanical properties, in particular their resistance to mechanical loading over longer periods of time. Furthermore, depending on, e.g., setting conditions, the end product of acidic CPCs may be mainly brushite or monetite, which have been found to behave differently under quasi-static loading. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the compressive fatigue properties of acidic CPCs, as well as the effect of phase composition on these properties. Hence, brushite cements stored for different lengths of time and with different amounts of monetite were investigated under quasi-static and dynamic compression. Both storage and brushite-to-monetite phase transformation was found to have a pronounced effect both on quasi-static compressive strength and fatigue performance of the cements, whereby a substantial phase transformation gave rise to a lower mechanical resistance. The brushite cements investigated in this study had the potential to survive 5 million cycles at a maximum compressive stress of 13 MPa. Given the limited amount of published data on fatigue properties of CPCs, this study provides an important insight into the compressive fatigue behaviour of such materials.
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- Ingrid Ajaxon
- Materials in Medicine, Division of Applied Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, The Ångström Laboratory, Box 534, SE-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Materials in Medicine, Division of Applied Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, The Ångström Laboratory, Box 534, SE-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Materials in Medicine, Division of Applied Materials Science, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, The Ångström Laboratory, Box 534, SE-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Zhang L, Wang Q, Wang L, Shen J, Zhang Q, Sun C. Bone cement distribution in the vertebral body affects chances of recompression after percutaneous vertebroplasty treatment in elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Clin Interv Aging 2017; 12:431-436. [PMID: 28260871 PMCID: PMC5327848 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s113240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Objective Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a surgical procedure that has been widely used to treat patients suffering from osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). The procedure involves injection of bone cement into a fractured vertebra. In this study, we investigated whether the distribution of the cement in the vertebral body is related to the occurrence of recompression after surgery. Patients and methods A total of 172 patients diagnosed with OVCF, from January 2008 to June 2013, were retrospectively reviewed. Fifty of these patients experienced recompression after surgery during the follow-up period (recompression group), and 122 patients had no recompression observed during the follow-up period (control group). Statistical analysis was performed to compare clinical and operative parameters between these two groups. Results Differences were found in bone cement distribution between the recompression group and control group (P=0.001). Patients with bone cement distributed around both upper and lower endplates had a significantly less incidence of recompression (4/50 patients), when compared to other patterns of cement distribution (eg, below upper endplate, above lower endplate, and in the middle of vertebral body). The logistic multiple regression analysis also indicated that patients with bone cement distributed around both the upper and lower endplates had a lower risk of recompression when compared to patients with bone cement distributed in the middle of vertebral body (odds ratio =0.223, P=0.003). Conclusion We herein suggest that the control of bone cement distribution during surgery provides beneficial effects on reducing the risks of recompression after PVP treatment in patients with OVCF.
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- Liang Zhang
- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, People's Republic of China
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Cement-augmented screws in a cervical two-level corpectomy with anterior titanium mesh cage reconstruction: a biomechanical study. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2017; 26:1047-1057. [DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-4951-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Decreased extrusion of calcium phosphate cement versus high viscosity PMMA cement into spongious bone marrow-an ex vivo and in vivo study in sheep vertebrae. Spine J 2016; 16:1468-1477. [PMID: 27496285 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.07.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty of osteoporotic vertebral fractures bears the risk of pulmonary cement embolism (3.5%-23%) caused by leakage of commonly applied acrylic polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement to spongious bone marrow or outside of the vertebrae. Ultraviscous cement and specific augmentation systems have been developed to reduce such adverse effects. Rapidly setting, resorbable, physiological calcium phosphate cement (CPC) may also represent a suitable alternative. PURPOSE This study aimed to compare the intravertebral extrusion of CPC and PMMA cement in an ex vivo and in vivo study in sheep. STUDY DESIGN/SETTING A prospective experimental animal study was carried out. METHODS Defects (diameter 5 mm; 15 mm depth) were created by a ventrolateral percutaneous approach in lumbar vertebrae of female Merino sheep (2-4 years) either ex vivo (n=17) or in vivo (n=6), and injected with: (1) CPC (L3); (2) CPC reinforced with 10% poly(l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) fibers (L4); or (3) PMMA cement (L5; Kyphon HV-R). Controls were untouched (L1) or empty defects (L2). The effects of the cement injections were assessed in vivo by blood gas analysis and ex vivo by computed tomography (CT), micro-CT (voxel size: 67 µm), histology, and biomechanical testing. RESULTS Following ex vivo injection, micro-CT documented significantly increased extrusion of PMMA cement in comparison to CPC (+/- fibers) starting at a distance of 1 mm from the edge of the defect (confirmed by histology); this was also demonstrated by micro-CT following in vivo cement injection. In addition, blood gas analysis showed consistently significantly lower values for the fraction of oxygenized hemoglobin/total hemoglobin (FO2Hb) in the arterial blood until 25 minutes following injection of the PMMA cement (p ≤ .05 vs. CPC; 7, 15 minutes). Biomechanical testing following ex vivo injection showed significantly lower compressive strength and Young modulus than untouched controls for the empty defect (40% and 34% reduction, respectively) and all three cement-injected defects (21%-27% and 29%-32% reduction, respectively), without significant differences among the cements. CONCLUSIONS Because of comparable compressive strength, but significantly lower cement extrusion into spongious bone marrow than PMMA cement, physiological CPC (+/- PLGA fibers) may represent an attractive alternative to PMMA for vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty of osteoporotic vertebral fractures to reduce the frequency or severity of adverse effects.
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Yu W, Liang D, Jiang X, Yao Z, Qiu T, Ye L. Efficacy and safety of the target puncture technique for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with intravertebral clefts. J Neurointerv Surg 2016; 9:1113-1117. [DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Danesi V, Tozzi G, Cristofolini L. Application of digital volume correlation to study the efficacy of prophylactic vertebral augmentation. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2016; 39:14-24. [PMID: 27631716 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prophylactic augmentation is meant to reinforce the vertebral body, but in some cases it is suspected to actually weaken it. Past studies only investigated structural failure and the surface strain distribution. To elucidate the failure mechanism of the augmented vertebra, more information is needed about the internal strain distribution. This study aims to measure, for the first time, the full-field three-dimensional strain distribution inside augmented vertebrae in the elastic regime and to failure. METHODS Eight porcine vertebrae were prophylactically-augmented using two augmentation materials. They were scanned with a micro-computed tomography scanner (38.8μm voxel resolution) while undeformed, and loaded at 5%, 10%, and 15% compressions. Internal strains (axial, antero-posterior and lateral-lateral components) were computed using digital volume correlation. FINDINGS For both augmentation materials, the highest strains were measured in the regions adjacent to the injected cement mass, whereas the cement-interdigitated-bone was less strained. While this was already visible in the elastic regime (5%), it was a predictor of the localization of failure, which became visible at higher degrees of compression (10% and 15%), when failure propagated across the trabecular bone. Localization of high strains and failure was consistent between specimens, but different between the cement types. INTERPRETATION This study indicated the potential of digital volume correlation in measuring the internal strain (elastic regime) and failure in augmented vertebrae. While the cement-interdigitated region becomes stiffer (less strained), the adjacent non-augmented trabecular bone is affected by the stress concentration induced by the cement mass. This approach can help establish better criteria to improve vertebroplasty.
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- Valentina Danesi
- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy
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- School of Engineering, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Bungartz M, Maenz S, Kunisch E, Horbert V, Xin L, Gunnella F, Mika J, Borowski J, Bischoff S, Schubert H, Sachse A, Illerhaus B, Günster J, Bossert J, Jandt KD, Kinne RW, Brinkmann O. First-time systematic postoperative clinical assessment of a minimally invasive approach for lumbar ventrolateral vertebroplasty in the large animal model sheep. Spine J 2016; 16:1263-1275. [PMID: 27345746 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Large animal models are highly recommended for meaningful preclinical studies, including the optimization of cement augmentation for vertebral body defects by vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to perform a systematic characterization of a strictly minimally invasive in vivo large animal model for lumbar ventrolateral vertebroplasty. STUDY DESIGN/ SETTING This is a prospective experimental animal study. METHODS Lumbar defects (diameter 5 mm; depth approximately 14 mm) were created by a ventrolateral percutaneous approach in aged, osteopenic, female sheep (40 Merino sheep; 6-9 years; 68-110 kg). L1 remained untouched, L2 was left with an empty defect, and L3 carried a defect injected with a brushite-forming calcium phosphate cement (CPC). Trauma/functional impairment, surgical techniques (including drill sleeve and working canula with stop), reproducibility, bone defects, cement filling, and functional cement augmentation were documented by intraoperative incision-to-suture time and X-ray, postoperative trauma/impairment scores, and ex vivo osteodensitometry, microcomputed tomography (CT), histology, static/fluorescence histomorphometry, and biomechanical testing. RESULTS Minimally invasive vertebroplasty resulted in short operation times (28±2 minutes; mean±standard error of the mean) and X-ray exposure (1.59±0.12 minutes), very limited local trauma (score 0.00±0.00 at 24 hours), short postoperative recovery (2.95±0.29 hours), and rapid decrease of the postoperative impairment score to 0 (3.28±0.36 hours). Reproducible defect creation and cement filling were documented by intraoperative X-ray and ex vivo conventional/micro-CT. Vertebral cement augmentation and osteoconductivity of the CPC was verified by osteodensitometry (CPC>control), micro-CT (CPC>control and empty defect), histology/static histomorphometry (CPC>control and empty defect), fluorescence histomorphometry (CPC>control; all p<.05 for 3 and 9 months), and compressive strength measurements (CPC numerically higher than control; 102% for 3 months and 110% for 9 months). CONCLUSIONS This first-time systematic clinical assessment of a minimally invasive, ventrolateral, lumbar vertebroplasty model in aged, osteopenic sheep resulted in short operation times, rapid postoperative recovery, and high experimental reproducibility. This model represents an optimal basis for standardized evaluation of future studies on vertebral augmentation with resorbable and osteoconductive CPC.
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- Matthias Bungartz
- Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle," Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany; Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany.
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany; Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Neugasse 23, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Welfare, Jena University Hospital, Dornburger Str. 23, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences and Welfare, Jena University Hospital, Dornburger Str. 23, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle," Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und - prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205 Berlin, Germany
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- BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und - prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, D-12205 Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Chair of Materials Science, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Löbdergraben 32, D-07743 Jena, Germany; Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Neugasse 23, D-07743 Jena, Germany; Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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- Chair of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle," Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany; Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Department of Orthopedics, Jena University Hospital, Waldkrankenhaus "Rudolf Elle", Klosterlausnitzer Str 81, D-07607 Eisenberg, Germany
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Shim J, Lee K, Kim H, Kang B, Jeong H, Kang CN. Outcome of balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2016; 17:365. [PMID: 27558384 PMCID: PMC4997655 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1215-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures are widely known as complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Kyphoplasty (KP) is known as an effective treatment modality for reducing pain and correcting kyphotic deformity in osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). However, cutcomes of KP in rheumatoid patients are not well known. The purpose of the study was to investigate the clinical and radiological outcomes of balloon KP on OVCF in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS A total of 23 patients (31 vertebral bodies) with rheumatoid arthritis who received KP for OVCF and could be followed up for at least 1 year were examined. For clinical outcomes, visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Korean version of the Oswestry disability index (KODI) were evaluated. For radiological outcomes, changes in anterior vertebral height and local kyphotic angle were measured, alongside cement leakage, adjacent fracture, and the recollapse of cemented vertebra. RESULTS The anterior vertebral height was significantly restored after surgery compared with prior to surgery (p < 0.001). Cement leakage was found in 14 cases (45.1 %), and disc space leakage was prevalent (50 %), while vascular cement leakage was found in one case. Adjacent fracture was found in 3 patients (11.5 %). VAS for lumbago showed a significant decrease (p < 0.001) after surgery (VAS = 2.4) compared with that before (VAS = 8.1); it was somewhat increased after the 1-year follow-up (VAS = 2.8; p = 0.223). KODI also decreased (48.8 %) after surgery compared with before (84.6 %). However, it increased somewhat (49.9 %) after the 1-year follow-up. CONCLUSION KP on rheumatoid arthritis patients for OVCF was effective for reducing pain in the early stage and restoring vertebral body height. Recollapse of the treated vertebral body was found relatively frequently alongside the correction loss of local kyphotic angle.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-792, Korea.
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A pedicle screw system and a lamina hook system provide similar primary and long-term stability: a biomechanical in vitro study with quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2016; 25:2919-28. [PMID: 27405823 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4679-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE For the stabilization of the thoracolumbar spine area, various stabilization techniques have been developed in recent decades. The aim of these techniques is to immobilize the treated segment to repositioning or correct the spine and guaranty long-term stability to achieve a reliable fusion. The aim of this study was to simulate in an in vitro experiment the postoperative long-term situation in elderly osteoporotic patients to compare two different stabilization principles; a pedicle screw system and a lamina hook system. METHODS Two comparable groups with respect to age and bone mineral density with each n = 6 fresh-frozen human, bi-segmental thoracolumbar spine specimens (T11-L1) were used. Antero-posterior and lateral radiographs were taken before the test, to assess the spinal status. Then the intact specimens were biomechanically characterized with pure moments in the three anatomical planes in different states in terms of range of motion and neutral zone. After implantation of either, a pedicle screw system or a lamina hook system, the primary stability was determined under the same conditions. Subsequently the specimens were cyclically loaded under complex loading, using a custom-made set-up in a dynamic materials testing machine with increasing moments from 3 to 66 Nm until 100,000 cycles or until one of the three defined "failure" criteria was reached. (1) A failure of a bony structure. (2) Exceeding of the threefold ROM of the primary stability after implantation in flexion plus extension. (3) Reaching of the ROM based on the intact state before implantation both in flexion plus extension. RESULTS The results showed that the ROM was strongly reduced after instrumentation similar for both implant systems in all motion planes. The highest stabilization was found in flexion/extension. During cyclic loading with increasing moments, the ROM increased continuously for both systems. The number of load cycles until one of the failure criteria was reached varied only slightly between the two groups. In the pedicle screw group 30,000 (median) loading cycles (range 5000-80,000) with a corresponding moment of 24 Nm (range 9-54) could be reached. In the lamina hook group 32,500 load cycles (range 20,000-45,000) could be achieved with a corresponding moment of 25.5 Nm (range 18-33). There was a slight trend that the pedicle screw system is influenced more by bone mineral density. CONCLUSION Both implant systems provide similar primary stability and similar long-term stability. In the pedicle screw group, there was a stronger correlation between bone mineral density and the reached number of load cycles.
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Koh I, Marini G, Widmer RP, Brandolini N, Helgason B, Ferguson SJ. In silico investigation of vertebroplasty as a stand-alone treatment for vertebral burst fractures. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2016; 34:53-61. [PMID: 27070845 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2016.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Revised: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The use of percutaneous vertebroplasty as a stand-alone treatment for stable vertebral burst fractures has been investigated in vitro and in clinical studies. These studies present inconsistent results on the mechanical response of vertebroplasty-treated burst fractures. In addition, observations of the loss of sagittal alignment after vertebroplasty raise questions on the applicability of vertebroplasty for burst fractures. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the mechanical stability of burst fractures after stand-alone treatment by vertebroplasty. METHODS Finite element simulations were performed with models generated from two laboratory-induced burst fractures in human thoracolumbar specimens. The burst fracture models were virtually injected with various cement volumes using a unipedicular or bipedicular approach. The models were subjected to four individual loads (compression, lateral bending, extension and torsion) and a multi-axial load case in the physiological range. FINDINGS All treated burst fractures showed improvements in stiffness and a reduction in inter-fragmentary displacements, thus potentially providing a suitable mechanical environment for fracture healing. However, large volumes of the trabecular bone (<43%), cement (<53%) and bone-cement composite (<58%) were predicted to experience strain levels exceeding the yield point. While damage was not specifically modeled, this implies a potential collapse of the treated vertebra due to local failure. INTERPRETATION To improve the primary stability and to prevent the collapse of treated burst fractures, the use of posterior instrumentation is suggested as an adjunct to vertebroplasty.
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- Ilsoo Koh
- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Spine Research Is Multidisciplinary: 25 Years of Experiences. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2016; 41 Suppl 7:S1-3. [PMID: 27015056 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000001419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Spine research has advanced substantially over the past 25 years through a highly multidisciplinary process. Through early work on fracture healing, osteosynthesis, tissue engineering, and joint biomechanics, researchers discerned 2 main areas of study: musculoskeletal biomechanics and musculoskeletal regeneration. Investigations of the spine continually move from the research bench-through endeavors that incorporate basic science, biology, biomaterials, mechanical testing, finite element analysis, and mathematical modeling-to the bedside-through treatments, devices, and procedures designed to improve patient health while safeguarding quality of life.
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Maenz S, Hennig M, Mühlstädt M, Kunisch E, Bungartz M, Brinkmann O, Bossert J, Kinne RW, Jandt KD. Effects of oxygen plasma treatment on interfacial shear strength and post-peak residual strength of a PLGA fiber-reinforced brushite cement. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2016; 57:347-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Two novel high performing composite PMMA-CaP cements for vertebroplasty: An ex vivo animal study. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2015; 50:290-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND With increasing age, bone mass decreases and the structure of the cancellous bone in the vertebral body changes. Especially in osteoporotic patients, but also with metastases in the vertebral body, this leads to decreased strength and, thus, to an increased risk of vertebral fractures. It is expected that this problem will increase significantly because of demographic developments. To treat or to prevent such vertebral fractures, different augmentation techniques have been developed. They can mainly be divided into vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures. PURPOSE The goal of this paper is to summarize biomechanical aspects of these augmentations procedures and to present some alternative methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS With vertebroplasty, the loss of bone mass is balanced by injecting bone cement which improves the failure strength of the affected vertebral body. With kyphoplasty, cavities are created and these are filled with bone cement. RESULTS Disadvantages of vertebroplasty are uncontrollable cement extrusion and increased fracture risk in the adjacent vertebral bodies. With balloon kyphoplasty, the adjacent cancellous bone is compacted during dilation and, thus, does not allow good integration with the remaining trabeculae. In addition, this method is associated with an increased risk of fracture in the adjacent vertebrae. To counter these disadvantages, a number of new types of cement and alternative augmentation methods are being developed, with which the vertebral body may be filled or distracted. CONCLUSION The efficacy of these new methods should be tested in appropriate experimental biomechanical studies before they are used in patients.
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Biomechanical testing of circumferential instrumentation after cervical multilevel corpectomy. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2015; 24:2788-98. [PMID: 26233243 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-4167-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Revised: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical investigation. PURPOSE This study describes ex vivo evaluation of the range of motion (ROM) to characterize the stability and need for additional dorsal fixation after cervical single-level, two-level or multilevel corpectomy (CE) to elucidate biomechanical differences between anterior-only and supplemental dorsal instrumentation. METHODS Twelve human cervical cadaveric spines were loaded in a spine tester with pure moments of 1.5 Nm in lateral bending (LB), flexion/extension (FE), and axial rotation (AR), followed by two cyclic loading periods for three-level corpectomies. After each cyclic loading session, flexibility tests were performed for anterior-only instrumentation (group_1, six specimens) and circumferential instrumentation (group_2, six specimens). RESULTS The flexibility tests for all circumferential instrumentations showed a significant decrease in ROM in comparison with the intact state and anterior-only instrumentations. In comparison with the intact state, supplemental dorsal instrumentation after three-level CE reduced the ROM to 12% (±10%), 9% (±12%), and 22% (±18%) in LB, FE, and AR, respectively. The anterior-only construct outperformed the intact state only in FE, with a significant ROM reduction to 57% (±35 %), 60% (±27%), and 62% (±35%) for one-, two- and three-level CE, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The supplemental dorsal instrumentation provided significantly more stability than the anterior-only instrumentation regardless of the number of levels resected and the direction of motion. After cyclic loading, the absolute differences in stability between the two instrumentations remained significant while both instrumentations showed a comparable increase of ROM after cyclic loading. The large difference in the absolute ROM of anterior-only compared to circumferential instrumentations supports a dorsal support in case of three-level approaches.
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Rotter R, Schmitt L, Gierer P, Schmitz KP, Noriega D, Mittlmeier T, Meeder PJ, Martin H. Minimum cement volume required in vertebral body augmentation--A biomechanical study comparing the permanent SpineJack device and balloon kyphoplasty in traumatic fracture. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2015; 30:720-5. [PMID: 25971847 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2015.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 04/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Minimally invasive treatment of vertebral fractures is basically characterized by cement augmentation. Using the combination of a permanent implant plus cement, it is now conceivable that the amount of cement can be reduced and so this augmentation could be an attractive opportunity for use in traumatic fractures in young and middle-aged patients. The objective of this study was to determine the smallest volume of cement necessary to stabilize fractured vertebrae comparing the SpineJack system to the gold standard, balloon kyphoplasty. METHODS 36 fresh frozen human cadaveric vertebral bodies (T11-L3) were utilized. After creating typical compression wedge fractures (AO A1.2.1), the vertebral bodies were reduced by SpineJack (n=18) or kyphoplasty (n=18) under preload (100N). Subsequently, different amounts of bone cement (10%, 16% or 30% of the vertebral body volume) were inserted. Finally, static and dynamic biomechanical tests were performed. FINDINGS Following augmentation and fatigue tests, vertebrae treated with SpineJack did not show any significant loss of intraoperative height gain, in contrast to kyphoplasty. In the 10% and 16%-group the height restoration expressed as a percentage of the initial height was significantly increased with the SpineJack (>300%). Intraoperative SpineJack could preserve the maximum height gain (mean 1% height loss) better than kyphoplasty (mean 16% height loss). INTERPRETATION In traumatic wedge fractures it is possible to reduce the amount of cement to 10% of the vertebral body volume when SpineJack is used without compromising the reposition height after reduction, in contrast to kyphoplasty that needs a 30% cement volume.
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- Robert Rotter
- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany.
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
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- Spine-Unit, University Hospital Valladolid, Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery, Spain
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany
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Guarnieri G, Masala S, Muto M. Update of vertebral cementoplasty in porotic patients. Interv Neuroradiol 2015; 21:372-80. [PMID: 26015527 DOI: 10.1177/1591019915582364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Vertebroplasty (VP) is a percutaneous mini-invasive technique developed in the late 1980s as antalgic and stabilizing treatment in patients affected by symptomatic vertebral fracture due to porotic disease, traumatic injury and primary or secondary vertebral spine tumors. The technique consists of a simple metameric injection of an inert cement (poly-methyl-methacrylate, PMMA), through a needle by trans-peduncular, parapeduncular or trans-somatic approach obtaining a vertebral augmentation and stabilization effect associated with pain relief. The technique is simple and fast, and should be performed under fluoroscopy or CT guidance in order to obtain a good result with low complication rate. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the utility of VP, the indications-contraindications criteria, how to technically perform the technique using imaging guidance, and the results and complications of this treatment in patients affected by symptomatic vertebral compression fracture.
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- Neuroradiology Service, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Calcium phosphate biocements based on calcium phosphate chemistry are well-established biomaterials for the repair of non-load bearing bone defects due to the brittle nature and low flexural strength of such cements. This article features reinforcement strategies of biocements based on various intrinsic or extrinsic material modifications to improve their strength and toughness. Altering particle size distribution in conjunction with using liquefiers reduces the amount of cement liquid necessary for cement paste preparation. This in turn decreases cement porosity and increases the mechanical performance, but does not change the brittle nature of the cements. The use of fibers may lead to a reinforcement of the matrix with a toughness increase of up to two orders of magnitude, but restricts at the same time cement injection for minimal invasive application techniques. A novel promising approach is the concept of dual-setting cements, in which a second hydrogel phase is simultaneously formed during setting, leading to more ductile cement–hydrogel composites with largely unaffected application properties.
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Krüger A, Oberkircher L, Figiel J, Floßdorf F, Bolzinger F, Noriega DC, Ruchholtz S. Height restoration of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures using different intravertebral reduction devices: a cadaveric study. Spine J 2015; 15:1092-8. [PMID: 24200410 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.06.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures using transpedicular cement augmentation has grown significantly during the past two decades. Balloon kyphoplasty was developed to restore vertebral height and improve sagittal alignment. Several studies have shown these theoretical improvements cannot be transferred universally to the clinical setting. PURPOSE The aim of the current study is to evaluate two different procedures used for percutaneous augmentation of vertebral compression fractures with respect to height restoration: balloon kyphoplasty and SpineJack. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four vertebral bodies of two intact, fresh human cadaveric spines (T6-L5; donor age, 70 years and 60 years; T-score -6.8 points and -6.3 points) were scanned using computed tomography (CT) and dissected into single vertebral bodies. Vertebral wedge compression fractures were created by a material testing machine (Universal testing machine, Instron 5566, Darmstadt, Germany). The axial load was increased continuously until the height of the anterior edge of the vertebral body was reduced by 40% of the initial measured values. After 15 minutes, the load was decreased manually to 100 N. After postfracture CT, the clamped vertebral bodies were placed in a custom-made loading frame with a preload of 100 N. Twelve vertebral bodies were treated using SpineJack (SJ; Vexim, Balma, France), the 12 remaining vertebral bodies were treated with balloon kyphoplasty (BKP; Kyphon, Medtronic, Sunnyvale, CA, USA). The load was maintained during the procedure until the cement set completely. Posttreatment CT was performed. Anterior, central, and posterior height as well as the Beck index were measured prefracture and postfracture as well as after treatment. RESULTS For anterior height restoration (BKP, 0.14±1.48 mm; SJ, 3.34±1.19 mm), central height restoration (BKP, 0.91±1.04 mm; SJ, 3.24±1.22 mm), and posterior restoration (BKP, 0.37±0.57 mm; SJ, 1.26±1.05), as well as the Beck index (BKP, 0.00±0.06 mm; SJ, 0.10±0.06), the values for the SpineJack group were significantly higher (p<.05) CONCLUSION: The protocols for creating wedge fractures and using the instrumentation under a constant preload of 100 N led to reproducible results and effects. The study showed that height restoration was significantly better in the SpineJack group compared with the balloon kyphoplasty group. The clinical implications include a better restoration of the sagittal balance of the spine and a reduction of the kyphotic deformity, which may relate to clinical outcome and the biological healing process.
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- Antonio Krüger
- Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Philipps University of Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Philipps University of Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Philipps University of Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Philipps University of Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Biomechanics Laboratory, IMFT UMR 5502 Purpan University Hospital, Place Dr. Baylac, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- Spine-Unit, University Hospital, Avenida de Ramon y Cajal 7, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
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- Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery Philipps University of Marburg, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Koller H, Schmoelz W, Zenner J, Auffarth A, Resch H, Hitzl W, Malekzadeh D, Ernstbrunner L, Blocher M, Mayer M. Construct stability of an instrumented 2-level cervical corpectomy model following fatigue testing: biomechanical comparison of circumferential antero-posterior instrumentation versus a novel anterior-only transpedicular screw–plate fixation technique. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2015; 24:2848-56. [DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-3770-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Maenz S, Kunisch E, Mühlstädt M, Böhm A, Kopsch V, Bossert J, Kinne RW, Jandt KD. Enhanced mechanical properties of a novel, injectable, fiber-reinforced brushite cement. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2014; 39:328-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Preparation and Characterization of Injectable Brushite Filled-Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Bone Cement. MATERIALS 2014; 7:6779-6795. [PMID: 28788212 PMCID: PMC5456162 DOI: 10.3390/ma7096779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 09/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Powder-liquid poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cements are widely utilized for augmentation of bone fractures and fixation of orthopedic implants. These cements typically have an abundance of beneficial qualities, however their lack of bioactivity allows for continued development. To enhance osseointegration and bioactivity, calcium phosphate cements prepared with hydroxyapatite, brushite or tricalcium phosphates have been introduced with rather unsuccessful results due to increased cement viscosity, poor handling and reduced mechanical performance. This has limited the use of such cements in applications requiring delivery through small cannulas and in load bearing. The goal of this study is to design an alternative cement system that can better accommodate calcium-phosphate additives while preserving cement rheological properties and performance. In the present work, a number of brushite-filled two-solution bone cements were prepared and characterized by studying their complex viscosity-versus-test frequency, extrusion stress, clumping tendency during injection through a syringe, extent of fill of a machined void in cortical bone analog specimens, and compressive strength. The addition of brushite into the two-solution cement formulations investigated did not affect the pseudoplastic behavior and handling properties of the materials as demonstrated by rheological experiments. Extrusion stress was observed to vary with brushite concentration with values lower or in the range of control PMMA-based cements. The materials were observed to completely fill pre-formed voids in bone analog specimens. Cement compressive strength was observed to decrease with increasing concentration of fillers; however, the materials exhibited high enough strength for consideration in load bearing applications. The results indicated that partially substituting the PMMA phase of the two-solution cement with brushite at a 40% by mass concentration provided the best combination of the properties investigated. This alternative material may find applications in systems requiring highly injectable and viscous cements such as in the treatment of spinal fractures and bone defects.
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