不同跟腱修复材料特性的临床意义

目的　跟腱断裂术后制动弊端多 ,而早期功能锻炼优点明确 ,探讨各种缝合材料在打结后材料力学特性及滑结情况 ,为临床创新设计 ,术后无须制动的缝合组合提供依据。方法　将不同型号薇乔线 (CV)、慕丝线 (Mersilk)、攀状尼龙线 (Nylon)、普迪思 (PDS)各 1 6条剪断后各打 4个结 ,进行材料力学特性测试。结果　缝合材料的最大载荷、刚度、强度、比能分别为 :PDS >CV >Nylon >Mersilk(P <0 .0 5 )。结论　尽管PDS肌腱缝合线易滑结 ,但 1 0 -PDS ,1 0 -CV、1 0Nylon作端对端跟腱修复强度足够 ,相应 5 0PDS、5 0CV缝合材料作腱周修复也可选择 ,且打 4个以上结可靠。尽管Mersilk不易滑结 ,但不适合跟腱修复。不过好的缝合材料应选择最佳的缝合方法才更有临床意义     

Inhibition of Smad3 promotes the healing of rotator cuff injury in a rat model

To investigate the effect of inhibiting transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β1)/Smad2/3 signaling on rotator cuff (RC) healing. A bilateral supraspinatus tendon detachment‐repair model of Sprague‐Dawley (SD) rats was utilized. A total of 120 SD rats were randomly assigned to six groups and each group received the subacromial injection of normal saline, empty vectors, or lentiviral vectors containing small interfering RNA against TGF‐β1, Smad2, Smad3 at the bone‐tendon junction. Biomechanical and histological analyses were performed to evaluate bone‐tendon junction healing quality at 8 weeks after repair. Histologically, scar healing was found in all surgical groups. Animals with inhibited Smad3 exhibited better bone‐tendon junction structures with higher density, parallel orientation, and collagen fiber continuity than other surgical group animals. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the protein expression level of collagen I in animals with inhibited Smad3 was more prominent compared with all other surgical groups. Biomechanically, Animals with inhibited Smad3 showed better results in the maximum load at 4, 6, and 8 weeks after surgery compared with other surgical groups. Besides, C3H10T1/2 (Smad3?) cells increased TT‐D6 cell migration and tendon‐associated genes expression (scleraxis, tenascin C, collagen I) in coculture system. We conclude that inhibition of Smad3 promotes RC tendon healing in the rat supraspinatus model.     

Simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral tibial tubercle fractures

PurposeTibial tubercle/tuberosity fractures are rare injuries in young patients accounting for less than one percent of physeal fractures. Bilateral simultaneous fractures are even rarer, with only a few case reports in literature. The purpose of our study was to describe the largest case series of bilateral simultaneous tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures and compare it with unilateral fractures. We also wanted to compare our bilateral fractures case series with all the cases reported in the last 65 years.MethodsIRB approved retrospective study involving patients under age 18 years with tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures. Bilateral simultaneous fractures were compared to a unilateral group including demographic data, mechanism of injury, clinical exam findings, complication rates, and outcomes including return to function. Statistical analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney and Fisher Exact tests to compare the different groups.Results138 patients (131 males, 7 females) from a tertiary children’s hospital between 2012 and 2019 with tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures were included. 11 bilateral simultaneous fractures (BL Group) were identified and compared to age matched cohort from the 127 unilateral fracture patients (UL group). There was no significant difference found in BMI, height, weight, age, sex, mechanism of injury, return to functional range of motion, and return to sports between the groups. 7/11 (63%) of the patients in the BL group who sustained simultaneous fractures had to be home bound and could not attend school for an average of 8.3 weeks. There was a higher rate of complications in the BL group (63.3%) compared to the UL group (21.1%), which was statistically significant. The most common complications in the bilateral group were hardware removal and wound dehiscence.ConclusionThis first case series comparing unilateral versus bilateral simultaneous tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures suggests that the final outcomes of the two groups are similar, however it shows a significantly higher complication rate and hardware removal rate in the BL group. This study is also the first to highlight the significant initial morbidity in the BL fracture group with issues with regards to early mobility and loss of school-days. Keeping in mind the profound initial impact the bilateral injury poses to the patient; surgeons can possibly plan for rigid fixation for early mobilization to better prepare bilateral fracture patients for the early post-operative recovery process.     

运动对骨骼－肌腱界面愈合组织的影响

利用纽西兰兔作体内实验，来分析手术后石膏固定，笼内活动，连续被动性活动三种不同的复健方法对肌腱－骨骼间界面愈合组织的影响。结果显示在术后第１５天愈合组织所能承受的最大张力，笼内活动组为０．８７５ｋｇ，石膏固定组为２．０１４ｋｇ，是笼内活动组的２３１．５２％，而连续被动性活动组为２．６３８ｋｇ，是笼内活动组的２６１．３５％。石膏固定组虽有很高的张力，但关节内粘连也较多。     

Zur Topographie des oberen Bicepssehnenabschnittes

Zusammenfassung Die polarisationsoptische and histologische Untersuchung des oberen Bicepssehnenabschnittes an 26 Schultern bestätigt, daß die Sehne ihren Ursprung nicht nur, wie allgemein angenommen, am Tuberculum supraglenoidale hat, sondern außerdem -förmig im Labrum glenoidale. Dieser Befund kann phylogenetisch erklärt werden. Im weiteren Verlauf der Sehne können neue Befunde im Bereich des Sulcus bicipitalis erhoben werden. Hier ist regelmäßig ein Mesotenonium nachweisbar, das durch einen bindegewebigen Ausläufer an Sulcusdach oder -grund befestigt ist. Darüberhinaus wird gezeigt, daß das Sulcusdach nicht als Ligament (Ligamentum transversum humeri) anzusprechen ist, es handelt sich vielmehr um Ausläufer der Kollagenfasern von Subscapularis- bzw. Kapselansatz am Tuberculum minus.

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Topography of the upper biceps tendon

Summary 26 shoulders are studied by polariscopic and histologic examination. It can be confirmed that the origin of the long biceps tendon is not only at the supraglenoid tubercle, but also -shaped in the glenoid labrum. This finding can be explained by phylogenetic means. Further details are found during the course of the tendon through the bicipital groove. A mesotenonium is seen regularly. This is fixed either to the roof or the ground of the sulcus by a band of connective tissue. It is shown also, that the roof of the groove is not a ligament (ligamentum transversum. humeri) but consists of collagen fibers continuing from the subscapularis and capsular attachment at the lesser tubercle.