TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of bioabsorbable polymers in reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. A preliminary experiment conducted on bioabsorbable interference screws
T2 - bovine model vs. ovine model.
AU - Pellacci, F.
AU - Cacciari, G. L.
AU - Beluzzi, R.
AU - Verni, E.
AU - Benedetti, M. G.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The use of interference screws in the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament has increased over the years. Despite doubtless advantages there are some problems, too, some involving method of fixation, others the metallic nature of the screws. With the purpose of overcoming the latter, the authors evaluated the possibility of using interference screws made of bioabsorbable material. This preliminary study was conducted on two animal models (bovine and ovine); as a comparison parameter the torsional pair of screw insertion was used. A substantial similarity in the results thus obtained was observed that, together with the minor difficulties observed in the surgical field, contributes to the indication of the ovine model as preferential, based also on successive tests of functional validation conducted in vivo.
AB - The use of interference screws in the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament has increased over the years. Despite doubtless advantages there are some problems, too, some involving method of fixation, others the metallic nature of the screws. With the purpose of overcoming the latter, the authors evaluated the possibility of using interference screws made of bioabsorbable material. This preliminary study was conducted on two animal models (bovine and ovine); as a comparison parameter the torsional pair of screw insertion was used. A substantial similarity in the results thus obtained was observed that, together with the minor difficulties observed in the surgical field, contributes to the indication of the ovine model as preferential, based also on successive tests of functional validation conducted in vivo.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10052234
AN - SCOPUS:0032106256
VL - 83
SP - 263
EP - 270
JO - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
JF - Chirurgia degli Organi di Movimento
SN - 0009-4749
IS - 3
ER -