Giovanni Oppizzi1,2, Dali Xu2, Tirth Patel3, Jose J Diaz4,5, Li-Qun Zhang6,7,8,9. 1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 3102 A. James Clark Hall, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. 2. Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 100 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. 3. Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL, 60515, USA. 4. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 22 S Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. 5. Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 110 S. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. 6. Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, 3102 A. James Clark Hall, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. l-zhang@som.umaryland.edu. 7. Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 100 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. l-zhang@som.umaryland.edu. 8. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 660 W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. l-zhang@som.umaryland.edu. 9. Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 110 S. Paca Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. l-zhang@som.umaryland.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we assessed the bending strength of two surgical repairs of rib fracture using RibLoc® U Plus system made by Acute Innovations and the anterior plate by Synthes. METHODS: After a rib fracture was created in seven pairs of cadaveric rib specimens, one side was repaired with the anterior plate and the other side repaired with the RibLoc U Plus® plate. Each of the rib is loaded using a custom device over 360,000 bending cycles to simulate in vivo fatiguing related to respiration. Upon completion of the cyclic loading, the specimens were compressively loaded to failure and the failure bending moment was determined. RESULTS: The ribs repaired with the RibLoc U Plus® system showed 79% higher failure bending moment than that of the anterior plate, with a p value of 0.033. The ribs repaired with RibLoc U Plus® showed a trend of less stiffness reduction over the 360,000 loading cycles. CONCLUSION: The biomechanical study showed that the RibLoc U Plus® system is stronger in the bending moment loading of repaired ribs, possibly due to the U-shape structure supporting both the inner and outer cortices of a repaired rib.
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we assessed the bending strength of two surgical repairs of rib fracture using RibLoc® U Plus system made by Acute Innovations and the anterior plate by Synthes. METHODS: After a rib fracture was created in seven pairs of cadaveric rib specimens, one side was repaired with the anterior plate and the other side repaired with the RibLoc U Plus® plate. Each of the rib is loaded using a custom device over 360,000 bending cycles to simulate in vivo fatiguing related to respiration. Upon completion of the cyclic loading, the specimens were compressively loaded to failure and the failure bending moment was determined. RESULTS: The ribs repaired with the RibLoc U Plus® system showed 79% higher failure bending moment than that of the anterior plate, with a p value of 0.033. The ribs repaired with RibLoc U Plus® showed a trend of less stiffness reduction over the 360,000 loading cycles. CONCLUSION: The biomechanical study showed that the RibLoc U Plus® system is stronger in the bending moment loading of repaired ribs, possibly due to the U-shape structure supporting both the inner and outer cortices of a repaired rib.
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