Augmentation of femoral neck fracture fixation with an injectable calcium-phosphate bone mineral cement. 1996

C J Stankewich, and M F Swiontkowski, and A F Tencer, and D N Yetkinler, and R D Poser
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

The first goal of this study was to determine if augmentation with an injectable, in situ setting, calcium-phosphate cement that is capable of being remodeled and was designed to mimic bone mineral significantly improved the strength and stiffness of fixation in a cadaveric femoral neck fracture model. The second goal was to determine if greater increases in fixation strength were achieved as the bone density of the specimen decreased. Sixteen pairs of fresh cadaveric human femora with a mean age of 70.9 years (SD = 17.2 years) were utilized. The bone density of the femoral neck was measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. The femoral head was impacted vertically with the femoral shaft fixed in 12 degrees of adduction using a materials testing machine to create a fully displaced fracture. Following fracture, 30% inferior comminution was created in each specimen. One randomly chosen femur from each pair underwent anatomic reduction and fixation with three cannulated cancellous bone screws, 7 mm in diameter, in an inverted triangle configuration. The contralateral femur underwent the same fixation augmented with calcium-phosphate cement. Specimens were preconditioned followed by 1.000 cycles to one body weight (611.6 N) at 0.5 Hz to simulate single-limb stance loading. The stiffness in the first cycle was observed to be significantly greater in cement-augmented specimens compared with unaugmented controls (p < 0.05). After cycling, each specimen was loaded at 10 mm/min until complete displacement of the fracture surface and failure of fixation occurred. Specimens augmented with bone mineral cement failed at a mean of 4,573 N (SD = 1,243 N); this was significantly greater (p < 0.01) than the mean for controls (3,092 N, SD = 1,258 N). The relative improvement in fixation strength (augmented/control x 100%) was not inversely correlated to femoral neck bone density (p = 0.25, R2 = 0.09), was weakly correlated to the volume of cement injected (p = 0.07, R2 = 0.22), and was inversely related to the fixation failure load of the control specimen (p = 0.001, R2 = 0.54). There was a mean relative improvement in fixation strength of 169.6% (SD = 77.5). These findings suggest that calcium-phosphate cement provides initial beneficial augmentation to fixation of femoral neck fractures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007267 Injections Introduction of substances into the body using a needle and syringe. Injectables,Injectable,Injection
D008297 Male Males
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
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008903 Minerals Native, inorganic or fossilized organic substances having a definite chemical composition and formed by inorganic reactions. They may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other mineral or rock. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed; McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Mineral
D001843 Bone Cements Adhesives used to fix prosthetic devices to bones and to cement bone to bone in difficult fractures. Synthetic resins are commonly used as cements. A mixture of monocalcium phosphate, monohydrate, alpha-tricalcium phosphate, and calcium carbonate with a sodium phosphate solution is also a useful bone paste. Bone Cement,Bone Glues,Bone Pastes,Bone Glue,Bone Paste,Cement, Bone,Cements, Bone,Glue, Bone,Glues, Bone,Paste, Bone,Pastes, Bone
D001863 Bone Screws Specialized devices used in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY to repair bone fractures. Bone Screw,Screw, Bone,Screws, Bone
D002130 Calcium Phosphates Calcium salts of phosphoric acid. These compounds are frequently used as calcium supplements. Phosphates, Calcium
D005260 Female Females
D005265 Femoral Neck Fractures Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are HIP FRACTURES. Femur Neck Fractures,Femoral Neck Fracture,Femur Neck Fracture

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