Manav Mehta1, Georg N Duda, Carsten Perka, Patrick Strube. 1. Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery and Julius Wolff Institute, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum-Forum 4, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gender and stability of fixation independently influence bone regeneration but their combined effects are unclear. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: In a pilot study we determined the combined influence of gender and fixation stability on the callus of middle-aged rats regarding (1) biomechanical properties; (2) bridging over time; (3) callus formation; and (4) callus size, geometry, mineralization, and microstructure. METHODS: We osteotomized the left femur of 32 Sprague-Dawley rats (12 months old). Femurs were externally fixed with a gap of 1.5 mm in four groups of eight animals each: female semirigid, male semirigid, female rigid, and male rigid. Qualitative and quantitative in vivo radiographic analyses were performed twice weekly. Six weeks postoperatively, harvested femora were evaluated using micro-CT and biomechanical testing. RESULTS: Torsional stiffness and maximum torque at failure were higher in male and in semirigidly fixed fractures. Radiographic analysis revealed earlier bridging and callus formation in both male groups. Micro-CT analysis showed a larger callus size, altered geometry, and microstructure in males and semirigidly fixed animals, whereas mineralization was similar in all animals. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest female gender represents an independent risk factor for bone healing in middle-aged rats. Although healing in females was delayed compared with males, they exhibited a similar response (superior callus properties) to a more semirigid fixation. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: While female gender appears to reflect a risk for impaired bone healing in middle-aged female rats, clinical studies would be required to confirm the finding in humans.
BACKGROUND: Gender and stability of fixation independently influence bone regeneration but their combined effects are unclear. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: In a pilot study we determined the combined influence of gender and fixation stability on the callus of middle-aged rats regarding (1) biomechanical properties; (2) bridging over time; (3) callus formation; and (4) callus size, geometry, mineralization, and microstructure. METHODS: We osteotomized the left femur of 32 Sprague-Dawley rats (12 months old). Femurs were externally fixed with a gap of 1.5 mm in four groups of eight animals each: female semirigid, male semirigid, female rigid, and male rigid. Qualitative and quantitative in vivo radiographic analyses were performed twice weekly. Six weeks postoperatively, harvested femora were evaluated using micro-CT and biomechanical testing. RESULTS: Torsional stiffness and maximum torque at failure were higher in male and in semirigidly fixed fractures. Radiographic analysis revealed earlier bridging and callus formation in both male groups. Micro-CT analysis showed a larger callus size, altered geometry, and microstructure in males and semirigidly fixed animals, whereas mineralization was similar in all animals. CONCLUSION: Our data suggest female gender represents an independent risk factor for bone healing in middle-aged rats. Although healing in females was delayed compared with males, they exhibited a similar response (superior callus properties) to a more semirigid fixation. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: While female gender appears to reflect a risk for impaired bone healing in middle-aged female rats, clinical studies would be required to confirm the finding in humans.
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