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Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies

BACKGROUND: Dynamic compression plate (DCP) constructs provide inadequate fixation in cases of poor bone quality and early weight-bearing. Screw locking elements (SLE) are flat locking nuts placed at the end of the screw to prevent screw stripping from the bone, improving fixation stability. The pur...

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Autores principales: Garcés, Gerardo L, Rodríguez, Oliver, Grau-Bassas, Enrique Rodríguez, Roiz, Syra, Yánez, Alejandro, Cuadrado, Alberto
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25414116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-387
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author Garcés, Gerardo L
Rodríguez, Oliver
Grau-Bassas, Enrique Rodríguez
Roiz, Syra
Yánez, Alejandro
Cuadrado, Alberto
author_facet Garcés, Gerardo L
Rodríguez, Oliver
Grau-Bassas, Enrique Rodríguez
Roiz, Syra
Yánez, Alejandro
Cuadrado, Alberto
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description BACKGROUND: Dynamic compression plate (DCP) constructs provide inadequate fixation in cases of poor bone quality and early weight-bearing. Screw locking elements (SLE) are flat locking nuts placed at the end of the screw to prevent screw stripping from the bone, improving fixation stability. The purpose of this work was to compare biomechanical and radiological evaluations of femoral ovine osteotomies fixed using DCP constructs with and without SLE. METHOD: A dyaphyseal femoral osteotomy was performed in sixteen adult sheep and fixed with a DCP and cortical screws. Half of the animals were operated on with a SLE on each side of the osteotomy and the rest without the addition of SLE. Four animals of each group were euthanized after 8 weeks, and the remaining after 16 weeks. Both femora of each animal were radiographed and mechanically tested in torsion. RESULTS: Radiologically femoral malalignment or screw loosening was observed in six out of the eight animals operated on without SLE. In contrast, all animals subjected to the operation with SLE showed complete radiological consolidation of the osteotomy. Seven of these eight animals showed normal femoral alignment and no osteosynthesis failure. Stiffness of the bones fixed with SLE was among 145% and 177% the value of their contralateral non-operated femurs (all animals of this group showed greater stiffness on the operated bone than its contralateral non-operated femur). However, stiffness of the bones operated on without SLE was among 58% and 87% the value of the stiffness of their contralateral non-operated bone (all animals of this group showed greater stiffness on the non-operated bone than the osteotomized ones). CONCLUSIONS: Use of SLE avoided loosening of the system and stimulated stronger osteotomy consolidation. Clinical application of this improved system may thus be a feasible and cost-effective alternative to other more rigid and expensive bone fixation techniques. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-15-387) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-42580452014-12-07 Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies Garcés, Gerardo L Rodríguez, Oliver Grau-Bassas, Enrique Rodríguez Roiz, Syra Yánez, Alejandro Cuadrado, Alberto BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Dynamic compression plate (DCP) constructs provide inadequate fixation in cases of poor bone quality and early weight-bearing. Screw locking elements (SLE) are flat locking nuts placed at the end of the screw to prevent screw stripping from the bone, improving fixation stability. The purpose of this work was to compare biomechanical and radiological evaluations of femoral ovine osteotomies fixed using DCP constructs with and without SLE. METHOD: A dyaphyseal femoral osteotomy was performed in sixteen adult sheep and fixed with a DCP and cortical screws. Half of the animals were operated on with a SLE on each side of the osteotomy and the rest without the addition of SLE. Four animals of each group were euthanized after 8 weeks, and the remaining after 16 weeks. Both femora of each animal were radiographed and mechanically tested in torsion. RESULTS: Radiologically femoral malalignment or screw loosening was observed in six out of the eight animals operated on without SLE. In contrast, all animals subjected to the operation with SLE showed complete radiological consolidation of the osteotomy. Seven of these eight animals showed normal femoral alignment and no osteosynthesis failure. Stiffness of the bones fixed with SLE was among 145% and 177% the value of their contralateral non-operated femurs (all animals of this group showed greater stiffness on the operated bone than its contralateral non-operated femur). However, stiffness of the bones operated on without SLE was among 58% and 87% the value of the stiffness of their contralateral non-operated bone (all animals of this group showed greater stiffness on the non-operated bone than the osteotomized ones). CONCLUSIONS: Use of SLE avoided loosening of the system and stimulated stronger osteotomy consolidation. Clinical application of this improved system may thus be a feasible and cost-effective alternative to other more rigid and expensive bone fixation techniques. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2474-15-387) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2014-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4258045/ /pubmed/25414116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-387 Text en © Garcés et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Rodríguez, Oliver
Grau-Bassas, Enrique Rodríguez
Roiz, Syra
Yánez, Alejandro
Cuadrado, Alberto
Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title_full Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title_fullStr Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title_full_unstemmed Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title_short Use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
title_sort use of screw locking elements improves radiological and biomechanical results of femoral osteotomies
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25414116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-387
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