Ryohei Takeuchi1, Jung Woon-Hwa2, Hiroyuki Ishikawa3, Yuichiro Yamaguchi3, Katsunari Osawa3, Yasushi Akamatsu4, Koichi Kuroda5. 1. Joint Surgery Center, Yokosuka City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. Electronic address: ryouheit@jadecom.jp. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Murup Hospital, Changwon, South Korea. 3. Joint Surgery Center, Yokosuka City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan. 4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. 5. Olympus Terumo Biomaterials Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the mechanical fixation strengths of anteromedial and medial plate positions in osteotomy, and clarify the effects of bone substitute placement into the osteotomy site. METHODS: Twenty-eight sawbone tibia models were used. Four different models were prepared: Group A, the osteotomy site was open and the plate position was anteromedial; Group B, bone substitutes were inserted into the osteotomy site and the plate position was anteromedial; Group C, the osteotomy site was open and the plate position was medial; and Group D, bone substitutes were inserted into the osteotomy site and the plate position was medial. The loading condition ranged from 0 to 800N and one hertz cycles were applied. Changes of the tibial posterior slope angle (TPS), stress on the plate and lateral hinge were measured. RESULTS: The changes in the TPS and the stress on the plate were significantly larger in Group A than in Group C. These were significantly larger in Group A than in Group B, and in Group C than in Group D. There was no significant difference between Group B and Group D, and no significant difference between knee flexion angles of 0° and 10°. Stress on the lateral hinge was significantly smaller when bone substitute was used. CONCLUSIONS: A medial plate position was biomechanically superior to an anteromedial position if bone substitute was not used. Bone substitute distributed the stress concentration around the osteotomy gap and prevented an increase in TPS angle regardless of the plate position.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to compare the mechanical fixation strengths of anteromedial and medial plate positions in osteotomy, and clarify the effects of bone substitute placement into the osteotomy site. METHODS: Twenty-eight sawbone tibia models were used. Four different models were prepared: Group A, the osteotomy site was open and the plate position was anteromedial; Group B, bone substitutes were inserted into the osteotomy site and the plate position was anteromedial; Group C, the osteotomy site was open and the plate position was medial; and Group D, bone substitutes were inserted into the osteotomy site and the plate position was medial. The loading condition ranged from 0 to 800N and one hertz cycles were applied. Changes of the tibial posterior slope angle (TPS), stress on the plate and lateral hinge were measured. RESULTS: The changes in the TPS and the stress on the plate were significantly larger in Group A than in Group C. These were significantly larger in Group A than in Group B, and in Group C than in Group D. There was no significant difference between Group B and Group D, and no significant difference between knee flexion angles of 0° and 10°. Stress on the lateral hinge was significantly smaller when bone substitute was used. CONCLUSIONS: A medial plate position was biomechanically superior to an anteromedial position if bone substitute was not used. Bone substitute distributed the stress concentration around the osteotomy gap and prevented an increase in TPS angle regardless of the plate position.
Authors: Sabrina Böhle; Lars Bischoff; Kristin Ehrenmann; Frank Layher; Klaus Sander; Georg Matziolis; Stefan Pietsch Journal: Life (Basel) Date: 2022-08-19