Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (25): 3937-3941.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.25.001

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Biomechanical changes of injured rabbit tendon-to-bone interface during repair with calcium phosphate cement-II

Zhang Xi-hai, Huang Shu-hua, Li Sen, Lu Xiao-bo   

  1. Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2014-05-04 Online:2014-06-18 Published:2014-06-18
  • About author:Zhang Xi-hai, Master, Department of Bone and Joint Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Calcium phosphate cement and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 both have bone osteoinductivity. Maybe both of them could promote repair of tendon-to-bone interface damage.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of calcium phosphate cement-II containing recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on tendon-to-bone interface healing after rotator cuff injury .
METHODS: Twenty-seven adult healthy rabbits were enrolled in the study. The tendon-to-bone interface of the bilateral shoulder joints was taken from three rabbits as normal group, and the bilateral shoulder joints of the other 24 rabbits were subjected to acute rupture of the rotator cuff and tendon-to-bone reconstructive surgery as experimental group (n=12) and control group (n=12). Rabbits in the experimental group were treated with calcium phosphate cement-II, while those in the control group treated with nothing. Specimens were collected at 2, 4, 8 postoperative weeks for biomechanical test.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The maximum tensile strength of the rotator cuff in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.001), but lower than that in the normal group (P < 0.001). At postoperative 8 weeks, the rigidity of rotator cuff of the experiment group was higher than the control group (P < 0.001) but lower than the normal group (P < 0.001). These findings indicate that calcium phosphate cement-II can improve the maximum tensile strength and rigidity of rabbit tendon-to-bone interface in the early postoperative period, enhance tendon-to-bone interface binding force, and promote tendon-to-bone interface healing.


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Key words: calcium phosphates, biomechanics, bone morphogenetic proteins

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