Cyclic loading comparison between biodegradable interference screw fixation and biodegradable double cross-pin fixation of human bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 934-941

  Zantop, Thore ^b   Ruemmler, Markus ^a   Welbers, Barbara ^a   Langer, Martin ^b   Weimann, Andre ^b   Petersen, Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Bone patellar tendon bone graft fixation; Cyclic loading; Maximal load

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EVALUATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; LOADING TEST; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; QUANTUM YIELD; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 23244450983     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. W.G. Clancy, R.G. Narechania, T.D. Rosenberg, J.G. Gmeiner, D.D. Wisnefske, T.A. Lange Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in rhesus monkeys J Bone Joint Surg Am 63 1981 1270 1284
2. J.R. Corsetti, D.W. Jackson Failure of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction The biological basis Clin Orthop 325 1996 42 49
3. C.D. Papageorgiou, C.B. Ma, S.D. Abramowitch, T.D. Clineff, S.L. Woo A multidisciplinary study of the healing of an intraarticular anterior cruciate ligament graft in a goat model Am J Sports Med 29 2001 620 626
4. J. Brand, A. Weiler, D.N.M. Caborn, C. Brown, D. Johnson Graft fixation in cruciate ligament reconstruction Am J Sports Med 28 2000 761 773
5. C.B. Frank, D.W. Jackson The science of reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament J Bone Joint Surg Am 79 1996 1556 1576
6. F.H. Fu, C.H. Bennet, B. Ma, J. Menetrey, C. Lattermann Current trends in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Part II: Operative procedures and clinical correlations Am J Sports Med 28 2000 124 130
7. G. Brown, F. Pena, T. Grondtfeld, D. Labadie, L. Engebretsen Fixation strength of interference screw fixation in bovine, young human, and elderly human cadaver knees Influence of insertion torque, tunnel bone block gap, and interference Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 3 1996 238 244
8. D.N.M. Caborn, W.P. Urban, D.L. Johnson Biomechanical comparison between BioScrew and titanium alloy interference screws for bone-patellar tendon graft fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Arthroscopy 10 1997 524 529
9. J.A. Abate, P.D. Fadale, M.J. Hustyn, W.R. Walsh Initial fixation strength of polylactic acid interference screws in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Arthroscopy 14 1998 278 284
10. R.F.G. Hoffmann, R. Peine, H. Bail, N.P. Südkamp, A. Weiler Initial fixation strength of modified patellar tendon grafts for anatomic fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Arthroscopy 15 1999 392 399
11. A. Weimann, T. Zantop, M. Rümmler, J. Hassenpflug, W. Petersen Primary stability of bone-patellar tendon-bone graft fixation with biodegradable pins Arthroscopy 19 2003 1097 1102
12. L. Gibson, M. Asby Cancellous bone L. Gibson Cellular solids 1987 Pergamon New York 316 331
13. P. Kousa, T.L. Jarvinen, T. Pohjonen, P. Kannus, M. Jarvinen Initial fixation strength of biodegradable and titanium screws in anterior ligament reconstruction. Biomechanical evaluation by single cycle and cyclic loading Am J Sports Med 29 2001 420 425
14. F. Pena, T. Grontvedt, G.A. Brown, A.K. Aune, L. Engebretsen Comparison of failure strength between metallic and absorbable interference screws Influence of insertion torque, tunnel-bone block gap, bone mineral density, and interference Am J Sports Med 24 1996 329 334
15. S. Rupp, P.W. Krauss, E.W. Fritsch Fixation strength of a biodegradable interference screw and a press fit technique in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a BPTB graft Arthroscopy 13 1997 61 65
16. A. Weiler, H. Windhagen, M. Raschke, A. Laumeyer, R. Hoffmann Biodegradable interference screw fixation exhibits pullout force and stiffness similar to titanium screws Am J Sports Med 26 1998 119 128
17. P. Kousa, T.L. Järvinen, P. Kannus, P. Ahvenjarvi, A. Kaikkonen, M. Järvinen A bioabsorbable plug in bone patellar tendon bone reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament Introduction of a novel fixation technique Arthroscopy 17 2001 144 150
18. M. Honl, V. Carrero, E. Hille, E. Schneider, M.M. Morlock Bone patellar tendon bone grafts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction An in vitro comparison of mechanical behavior under failure tensile loading and cyclic submaximal tensile loading Am J Sports Med 30 2002 549 557
19. H. Numazaki, H. Tohyama, H. Nakano, S. Kikuchi, K. Yasuda The effect of initial graft tension in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction on the mechanical behaviors of the femur-graft-tibia complex during cyclic loading Am J Sports Med 30 2002 800 805
20. A. Weiler, R.F. Hoffmann, A.C. Staehlin, H.J. Helling, N.P. Südkamp Biodegradable implants in sports medicine The biological base Arthroscopy 16 2000 305 321
21. A. Weiler, H.J. Helling, U. Kirch, T.K. Zirbes, K.E. Rehm Foreign body reaction and the course of osteolysis after polyglycide implants for fracture fixation J Bone Joint Surg Br 78 1996 369 376
22. B.D. Beynnon, A.A. Amis In vitro testing protocols for the cruciate ligaments and ligament reconstructions Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 6 1998 70 76
23. K.L. Markolf, J.R. Zemanovic, D.R. McAllister Cyclic loading of posterior cruciate ligament replacements fixed with tibial tunnel and tibial inlay methods J Bone Joint Surg Am 84 2002 518 524
24. M. Giurea, P. Zorilla, A.A. Amis Comparative pull-out and cyclic-loading strength tests of anchorage of hamstring tendon grafts in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Am J Sports Med 27 1999 621 625
25. R. Seil, S. Rupp, P.W. Krauss Comparison of initial fixation strength between biodegradable and metallic interference screws and a press fit fixation technique in a porcine model Am J Sports Med 26 1998 815 819
26. P. Kousa, T. Järvinen, M. Vihavainen, P. Kannus, M. Järvinen The fixation strength of six hamstring tendon graft fixation devices in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Part II: Tibial site Am J Sports Med 31 2003 182 188
27. J.B. Morrison Function of the knee joint in normal walking J Biomech 3 1970 51 61
28. J.B. Morrison Function of the knee joint various activities Biomed Eng 4 1969 573 580
29. F.R. Noyes, D.L. Butler, E.S. Grood, R.F. Zernicke, M.S. Hefzy Biomechanical analysis of human ligament grafts used in knee-ligament repairs and reconstructions J Bone Joint Surg Am 66 1984 344 350
30. P. Kousa, T. Järvinen, M. Vihavainen, P. Kannus, M. Järvinen The fixation strength of six hamstring tendon graft fixation devices in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Part I: Femoral site Am J Sports Med 31 2003 174 181
31. T. Zantop, A. Weimann, M. Rümmler, J. Hassenpflug, W. Petersen Initial fixation strength of two bioabsorbable pins for the fixation of hamstring grafts compared to interference screw fixation Single cycle and cyclic loading Am J Sports Med 32 2004 641 649