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Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery
This work studies the influence of loading velocity and previous cyclic loading history on the stiffness and strength of a multifilament coreless ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) surgical suture. Thread samples (n = 8) were subjected to a load-to-failure test at 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35407907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15072573 |
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author | Prado-Novoa, Maria Perez-Sanchez, Laura Estebanez, Belen Moreno-Vegas, Salvador Perez-Blanca, Ana |
author_facet | Prado-Novoa, Maria Perez-Sanchez, Laura Estebanez, Belen Moreno-Vegas, Salvador Perez-Blanca, Ana |
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description | This work studies the influence of loading velocity and previous cyclic loading history on the stiffness and strength of a multifilament coreless ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) surgical suture. Thread samples (n = 8) were subjected to a load-to-failure test at 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, and 10 mm/s without previous loading history and after 10 cycles of loading at 1–10 N, 1–30 N, and 1–50 N. The experimental data were fitted to mathematical models to compute the stress–strain relation and the strength of the suture. The bilinear model involving two stress–strain ratios for low- and high-strain intervals was the best fit. The ratio in the low-strain range rose with loading speed, showing mean increases of 5.9%, 6.5%, 7.9%, and 7.3% between successive loading speeds. Without a previous loading history, this ratio was less than half than that at high strain. However, 10 cycles of 1–30 N or 1–50 N significantly increased the stress–strain ratio at a low strain level by 135% and 228%, respectively. The effect persisted after 2 min but vanished after 24 h. No influence was found on the suture strength. In conclusion, the stiffness of the studied suture was influenced by the strain level, loading velocity, and recent cyclic loading history. Conversely, the suture strength was not affected. |
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spelling | pubmed-90003542022-04-12 Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery Prado-Novoa, Maria Perez-Sanchez, Laura Estebanez, Belen Moreno-Vegas, Salvador Perez-Blanca, Ana Materials (Basel) Article This work studies the influence of loading velocity and previous cyclic loading history on the stiffness and strength of a multifilament coreless ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) surgical suture. Thread samples (n = 8) were subjected to a load-to-failure test at 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, and 10 mm/s without previous loading history and after 10 cycles of loading at 1–10 N, 1–30 N, and 1–50 N. The experimental data were fitted to mathematical models to compute the stress–strain relation and the strength of the suture. The bilinear model involving two stress–strain ratios for low- and high-strain intervals was the best fit. The ratio in the low-strain range rose with loading speed, showing mean increases of 5.9%, 6.5%, 7.9%, and 7.3% between successive loading speeds. Without a previous loading history, this ratio was less than half than that at high strain. However, 10 cycles of 1–30 N or 1–50 N significantly increased the stress–strain ratio at a low strain level by 135% and 228%, respectively. The effect persisted after 2 min but vanished after 24 h. No influence was found on the suture strength. In conclusion, the stiffness of the studied suture was influenced by the strain level, loading velocity, and recent cyclic loading history. Conversely, the suture strength was not affected. MDPI 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9000354/ /pubmed/35407907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15072573 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Prado-Novoa, Maria Perez-Sanchez, Laura Estebanez, Belen Moreno-Vegas, Salvador Perez-Blanca, Ana Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title | Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title_full | Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title_fullStr | Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title_short | Influence of Loading Conditions on the Mechanical Performance of Multifilament Coreless UHMWPE Sutures Used in Orthopaedic Surgery |
title_sort | influence of loading conditions on the mechanical performance of multifilament coreless uhmwpe sutures used in orthopaedic surgery |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35407907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15072573 |
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