Evaluation of strength at the acrylic-pin interface for variably treated external skeletal fixator pins.

Autor: Brad Case J; Department of Small Animal Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. jbcase@colostate.edu, Egger EL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary surgery : VS [Vet Surg] 2011 Feb; Vol. 40 (2), pp. 211-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Jan 04.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2010.00774.x
Abstrakt: Objective: To report pullout force to failure at the acrylic-pin interface for variably treated 3.2 mm external skeletal fixator pins.
Study Design: In vitro biomechanical evaluation.
Sample Population: 3.2 mm external skeletal fixator pins in polymethylmethacrylate bars.
Methods: 3.2 mm external skeletal fixator pins were used for each of 5 treatment groups: polished, unpolished, 3 notched, 5 notched, and machine knurled. Each pin was seated into a 2-cm-diameter acrylic connecting bar and tested in pullout force to failure. Each group consisted of 6 pins. The force required to remove the pins from the acrylic bar was measured and compared between groups.
Results: Significant differences between treatment groups were determined (P<.05). Within a construct group failure mode was consistent. Fracture of the acrylic bar was only seen with knurled pin ends.
Conclusions: When using 2 cm acrylic bars in external skeletal fixation (ESF), a knurled pin shaft or a pin surface with 5 notches should be considered to improve the overall stability of the ESF construct.
(© Copyright 2010 by The American College of Veterinary Surgeons.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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