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A comparative biomechanical study of spinal fixation using the combination spinal rod-plate and transpedicular screw fixation system. 1988

K W Chang, and Z Dewei, and P C McAfee, and K E Warden, and I D Farey, and K R Gurr
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

A biomechanical study was performed comparing the stiffness and stability of the three-level combination spinal rod-plate and transpedicular screw (CSRP-TPS) fixation system with those of three anterior stabilization constructs that spanned three vertebral levels: iliac strut grafting, polymethylmethacrylate and anterior Harrington rod instrumentation (technique of Siegal et al.), and the Kaneda anterior device. The CSRP-TPS fixation system was also compared with five posterior instrumentation systems that spanned five vertebral levels: Harrington distraction rod instrumentation, segmentally wired Luque rectangular instrumentation, Cotrel-Dubousset transpedicular instrumentation. Steffee transpedicular screws and plates, and R. Roy-Camille plates under conditions of single-level instability. The relative stability of each instrumentation system was compared by mounting the fixation systems on calf spine segments containing five motion segments destabilized by complete L3 anterior corpectomies and L2-L3 and L3-L4 anterior diskectomies to simulate the two-column instability found clinically in spine fractures. Mechanical nondestructive cyclical testing in rotation, axial compression, and flexion was performed on 12 spines. All biomechanical tests were performed on a biaxial servo-controlled MTS 858 Bionix hydraulic materials testing device with a biaxial load cell. Intervertebral displacements between L2 and L4 were continuously recorded utilizing an extensometer with the knife edges placed directly adjacent to the L3 corpectomy defect during testing. This biomechanical study showed that CSRP-TPS instrumentation spanning three vertebral levels could restore the torsional, compressive, and flexural rigidity of the destabilized calf spines to that of the intact calf spines and provided more in vitro stability than either the traditional five-level Harrington distraction rod or the segmentally wired Luque rectangular instrumentation. The greatest torsional rigidity occurred with the five-level Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation, the five-level Steffee plate and screw system, and the three-level Kaneda anterior device. In axial compression and flexural testing, the three-level CSRP-TPS system provided fixation comparable with the five-level Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation, the five-level Steffee transpedicular screw and plate system, the five-level R. Roy-Camille plate and screw system, and the three-level Kaneda anterior device. Satisfactory levels of rigidity can be restored by three-level CSRP-TPS instrumentation under conditions of single-level instability in unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar spine fractures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008422 Materials Testing The testing of materials and devices, especially those used for PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SUTURES; TISSUE ADHESIVES; etc., for hardness, strength, durability, safety, efficacy, and biocompatibility. Biocompatibility Testing,Biocompatible Materials Testing,Hemocompatibility Testing,Testing, Biocompatible Materials,Testing, Hemocompatible Materials,Hemocompatibility Testings,Hemocompatible Materials Testing,Materials Testing, Biocompatible,Materials Testing, Hemocompatible,Testing, Biocompatibility,Testing, Hemocompatibility,Testing, Materials,Testings, Biocompatibility
D009038 Motion Physical motion, i.e., a change in position of a body or subject as a result of an external force. It is distinguished from MOVEMENT, a process resulting from biological activity. Motions
D001858 Bone Nails Rods of bone, metal, or other material used for fixation of the fragments or ends of fractured bones. Bone Pins,Bone Nail,Bone Pin,Nail, Bone,Nails, Bone,Pin, Bone,Pins, Bone
D001860 Bone Plates Implantable fracture fixation devices attached to bone fragments with screws to bridge the fracture gap and shield the fracture site from stress as bone heals. (UMDNS, 1999) Bone Plate,Plate, Bone,Plates, Bone
D001863 Bone Screws Specialized devices used in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY to repair bone fractures. Bone Screw,Screw, Bone,Screws, Bone
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D004867 Equipment Design Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware. Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001696 Biomechanical Phenomena The properties, processes, and behavior of biological systems under the action of mechanical forces. Biomechanics,Kinematics,Biomechanic Phenomena,Mechanobiological Phenomena,Biomechanic,Biomechanic Phenomenas,Phenomena, Biomechanic,Phenomena, Biomechanical,Phenomena, Mechanobiological,Phenomenas, Biomechanic

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