Affiliation:
1. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
Abstract
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the influence of a stainless‐steel cable (SSC) tension band fixation as an adjunct to a locking compression plate (LCP) for arthrodesis of the equine metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint.Study designExperimental. An ex vivo biomechanical paired equine cadaver limb study.Sample populationFive MCP joint pairs were collected from adult Thoroughbred horses, euthanized for reasons unrelated to orthopedic disease.MethodsEach pair of MCP joints were randomly implanted with either a dorsally placed 5.5 mm LCP and a palmarly placed 2.0 mm SSC or a dorsally placed 5.5 mm LCP alone. Each construct was tested in cyclic loading followed by single cycle to failure in axial compression. Displacement at a target load of 1 kN over 3600 cycles at 1 Hz was recorded prior to single cycle to failure testing.ResultsIn cyclic testing, displacement was not significantly different between the first and last 5% of testing cycles regardless of construct. Maximum displacement of each construct during cyclic testing was <1.1 mm. In single cycle testing, the observed yield point did not reveal any difference between LCP and LCP‐SSC (p = .440). The maximum load at failure was significantly higher in LCP‐SSC compared to constructs with the LCP alone (p = .046).ConclusionThe addition of the SSC to the LCP did not statistically affect construct displacement during cyclic loading or construct yield load during subsequent single cycle to failure.Clinical significanceThis study provided much needed information regarding the necessity of a tension band SSC application in the arthrodesis of the MCP/MTP joint in horses.
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