Fracture healing of the sheep tibia treated using a unilateral external fixator. Comparison of static and dynamic fixation

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Hente, R ^a   Cordey, J ^b   Rahn, B A ^b   Maghsudi, M ^a   Von Gumppenberg, St ^c   Perren, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamization; External fixator; Fracture healing; Stiffness measurements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GONIOMETRY; JOINT STIFFNESS; LOADING TEST; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 18344400282     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(99)00126-6     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Aro HT, Kelly PJ, Lewallen DG, Chao EYS. Comparison of the effects of dynamization and constant rigid fixation on rate and quality of bone osteotomy union in external fixation. 34th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society, February 1-4, 1988, Atlanta, Georgia.
2. McKibbin B. The biology of fracture healing in long bones. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1978; 60B (2):150-162.
3. Panjabi MM, White AA, Southwick WO. Temporal changes in the physical properties of healing fractures in rabbits. J. Biomech. 1977;10:689-699.
4. Sarmiento A, Schäffer JF, Beckerman L, Latta L, Enis et al JE. Fracture healing in rat femora as affected by functional weight-bearing. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1977;59-A(3):369-375.
5. White AA, Panjabi MM, Southwick WO. Effects of compression and cyclical loading on fracture healing - A quantitative biomechanical study. J. Biomech. 1977;10:233-239.
6. Yamagishi M, Yoshimura Y. The biomechanics of fracture healing. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1955;37-A(5):1035-1068.
7. Burny F. Traitement par ostéotaxis des fractures diaphysaires du tibia. Acta Orthop. Belg. 1972; 38(3):280-301.
8. Claudi B, Rittmann WW, Rüedi Th. Anwendung des Fixateur externe bei der Primärversorgung offener Frakturen. Helv. Chir. Acta 1975; 43:469-471.
9. Heiser TM, Jacobs RR. Complicated extremity fractures. The relation between external fixation and nonunion. Clin. Orthop. 1983; 178:89-95.
10. Richardson JB, Cunningham JL, Goodship AE, Kenwright J. Measuring stiffness can define healing of tibial fractures. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1994; 76-B (3): 389-394.
11. Schmidt A, Rorabeck CH. Fractures of the tibia treated by flexible external fixation. Clin. Orthop. 1983; 178:162-172.
12. Stürmer KM. Morphologie der Frakturheilung bei unterschiedlich stabilen Fixateur externe Montagen. Hefte Unfallheilkd 1985; 174:63-69.
13. Wang ZG, Peng CL, Zheng, XL, Wang P, Wang GR. Force measurement on fracture site with external fixation. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 1997; 35(3): 289-290.
14. Hente R, Maghsudi M, Gumppenberg S, Cordey J, Perren SM. Fracture healing of the sheep tibia treated using a unilateral external fixator. In vivo monitoring of callus stiffness. J. Biomech. (submitted).
15. Dagrenat D, Moncade N, Cordey J, Rahn BA, Kempf I, Perren SM. Effect of the dynamization of an interlocking nail in sheep tibia. Internal report of the Laboratory for Experimental Surgery, Davos, Switzerland, 1988.
16. Georgiadis GM, Minster GJ, Moed BR. Effects of dynamization after interlocking tibial nailing: an experimental study in dogs. J. Orthop. Trauma 1990; 4(3):323-330.
17. Aro HT, Chao EYS. Effect of delayed dynamization on healing of unstable experimental fractures in the canine tibia. 36th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society, February 5-8, 1990, New Orleans, Louisiana.
18. Edge A, Denham RA. External fixation for complicated tibial fractures. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1981; 63-B(1):92-97.
19. Kenwright J, Goodship AE. Controlled mechanical stimulation in the treatment of tibial fractures. Clin. Orthop. 1989;241:36-47.
20. De Bastiani G, Aldegheri R, Renzi Brivio L. The treatment of fractures with a dynamic axial fixator. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1984;66-B(4):538-545.
21. Terjesen T. Healing of rabbit tibial fractures using external fixation. Effects of removal of the fixation device. Acta Orthop. Scand. 1984;55(2):192-196.
22. Wolf JW, White AA, Panjabi MM, Southwick WO. Comparison of cyclic loading versus constant compression in the treatment of long-bone fractures in rabbits. J. Bone Joint Surg. 1981;63-A(5):805-810.
23. Hente R. Gumppenberg S. Measurement of bending stiffness of healing tibial fractures with and without dynamization. (in preparation)