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Load-bearing increases new bone formation in impacted and morselized allografts

Wang, Jian-Sheng LU ; Tägil, Magnus LU and Aspenberg, Per LU (2000) In Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research p.274-281
Abstract
The effects of mechanical loading on the incorporation of morselized impacted grafts were addressed in this study. Twelve skeletally mature rabbits were surgically treated. Six rabbits received a proximal tibial joint replacement with a tibial tray and a load-bearing 25-mm long stem. The tibia was packed with fresh frozen, morselized, cancellous rabbit bone. No cement was used. In six other rabbits only the stem was inserted, without a tibial tray, leaving the stem and the likewise impacted bone graft mechanically unloaded. The rabbits were euthanized after 6 weeks, and the tibias were sectioned and analyzed by histomorphometric examination. In the loaded specimens the graft was resorbed and replaced by new bone (30% of area of interest)... (More)
The effects of mechanical loading on the incorporation of morselized impacted grafts were addressed in this study. Twelve skeletally mature rabbits were surgically treated. Six rabbits received a proximal tibial joint replacement with a tibial tray and a load-bearing 25-mm long stem. The tibia was packed with fresh frozen, morselized, cancellous rabbit bone. No cement was used. In six other rabbits only the stem was inserted, without a tibial tray, leaving the stem and the likewise impacted bone graft mechanically unloaded. The rabbits were euthanized after 6 weeks, and the tibias were sectioned and analyzed by histomorphometric examination. In the loaded specimens the graft was resorbed and replaced by new bone (30% of area of interest) to a larger extent than in the unloaded specimens. Mechanical loading of an impacted, morselized graft surrounding a conical uncemented stem, increased the amount of new bone that replaced the graft. The ability of morselized impacted grafts to allow mechanical stimulation of ingrown tissue appears to be a principal cause for the success of this grafting procedure. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{The effects of mechanical loading on the incorporation of morselized impacted grafts were addressed in this study. Twelve skeletally mature rabbits were surgically treated. Six rabbits received a proximal tibial joint replacement with a tibial tray and a load-bearing 25-mm long stem. The tibia was packed with fresh frozen, morselized, cancellous rabbit bone. No cement was used. In six other rabbits only the stem was inserted, without a tibial tray, leaving the stem and the likewise impacted bone graft mechanically unloaded. The rabbits were euthanized after 6 weeks, and the tibias were sectioned and analyzed by histomorphometric examination. In the loaded specimens the graft was resorbed and replaced by new bone (30% of area of interest) to a larger extent than in the unloaded specimens. Mechanical loading of an impacted, morselized graft surrounding a conical uncemented stem, increased the amount of new bone that replaced the graft. The ability of morselized impacted grafts to allow mechanical stimulation of ingrown tissue appears to be a principal cause for the success of this grafting procedure.}},
  author       = {{Wang, Jian-Sheng and Tägil, Magnus and Aspenberg, Per}},
  issn         = {{0009-921X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{378}},
  pages        = {{274--281}},
  publisher    = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
  series       = {{Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research}},
  title        = {{Load-bearing increases new bone formation in impacted and morselized allografts}},
  url          = {{http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10987003}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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