Fracture healing in mice under controlled rigid and flexible conditions using an adjustable external fixator.
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Fracture healing in mice under controlled rigid and flexible conditions using an adjustable external fixator. / Röntgen, Viktoria; Blakytny, Robert; Matthys, Romano; Landauer, Mario; Wehner, Tim; Göckelmann, Melanie; Jermendy, Philipp; Amling, Michael; Schinke, Thorsten; Claes, Lutz; Ignatius, Anita.
In: J ORTHOP RES, Vol. 28, No. 11, 11, 2010, p. 1456-1462.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Fracture healing in mice under controlled rigid and flexible conditions using an adjustable external fixator.
AU - Röntgen, Viktoria
AU - Blakytny, Robert
AU - Matthys, Romano
AU - Landauer, Mario
AU - Wehner, Tim
AU - Göckelmann, Melanie
AU - Jermendy, Philipp
AU - Amling, Michael
AU - Schinke, Thorsten
AU - Claes, Lutz
AU - Ignatius, Anita
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Mice are increasingly used to investigate mechanobiology in fracture healing. The need exists for standardized models allowing for adjustment of the mechanical conditions in the fracture gap. We introduced such a model using rigid and flexible external fixators with considerably different stiffness (axial stiffnesses of 18.1 and 0.82 N/mm, respectively). Both fixators were used to stabilize a 0.5 mm osteotomy gap in the femur of C57BL/6 mice (each n = 8). Three-point bending tests, µCT, and histomorphometry demonstrated a different healing pattern after 21 days. Both fixations induced callus formation with a mixture of intramembranous and enchondral ossification. Under flexible conditions, the bending stiffness of the callus was significantly reduced, and a larger but qualitatively inferior callus with a significantly lower fraction of bone but a higher fraction of cartilage and soft tissue was formed. Monitoring of the animal movement and the ground reaction forces demonstrated physiological loading with no significant differences between the groups, suggesting that the differences in healing were not based on a different loading behavior. In summary, flexible external fracture fixation of the mouse femur led to delayed fracture healing in comparison to a more rigid situation.
AB - Mice are increasingly used to investigate mechanobiology in fracture healing. The need exists for standardized models allowing for adjustment of the mechanical conditions in the fracture gap. We introduced such a model using rigid and flexible external fixators with considerably different stiffness (axial stiffnesses of 18.1 and 0.82 N/mm, respectively). Both fixators were used to stabilize a 0.5 mm osteotomy gap in the femur of C57BL/6 mice (each n = 8). Three-point bending tests, µCT, and histomorphometry demonstrated a different healing pattern after 21 days. Both fixations induced callus formation with a mixture of intramembranous and enchondral ossification. Under flexible conditions, the bending stiffness of the callus was significantly reduced, and a larger but qualitatively inferior callus with a significantly lower fraction of bone but a higher fraction of cartilage and soft tissue was formed. Monitoring of the animal movement and the ground reaction forces demonstrated physiological loading with no significant differences between the groups, suggesting that the differences in healing were not based on a different loading behavior. In summary, flexible external fracture fixation of the mouse femur led to delayed fracture healing in comparison to a more rigid situation.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 28
SP - 1456
EP - 1462
JO - J ORTHOP RES
JF - J ORTHOP RES
SN - 0736-0266
IS - 11
M1 - 11
ER -
