ArticleInternational orthopaedics2017
Does a different dose of gamma irradiation have the same effect on five different types of tendon allografts? - a biomechanical study.
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- Use of supercritical carbon dioxide technology for fabricating a tissue engineering scaffold for anterior cruciate ligament repair.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Effects of bone types, particle sizes, and gamma irradiation doses in feline demineralized freeze-dried bone allograft.Veterinary world · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe goals of our study were to evaluate the biomechanical differences between five tendons and the changes in biomechanical properties caused by irradiation.
methodsAchilles, quadriceps, semitendinosus + gracilis (STG), tibialis anterior (TA) and the peroneus longus (PL) were harvested from 30 donors. Group A contained 50 tendons without gamma irradiation. The groups were irradiated with a dose of 21 kGy (group B 50 tendons) and with a dose of 42 kGy (group C 50 tendons). The grafts were soaked in a radio-protectant solution and frozen at -80 °C. Cyclic loading tests were performed followed by load to failure tests. Young modulus of elasticity, maximum force, strain at tensile strength and strain at rupture were calculated.
resultsThe Achilles tendons had significantly lower Young modulus than the TA (p = 0.0036) in group A. The Achilles showed significantly lower than PL (p = 0.000042) and TA (p = 0.00142) in group B and C. The quadriceps and the ST (p = 0.0037) provided poorer values than the TA (p = 0.0432) in group C. We found no difference in maximum loads among the tendons in group A. The maximum load of the Achilles and quadriceps showed better results than the PL (p = 0.0016), (p = 0.0018) and the STG (p = 0.0066), (p = 0.0019) in group C. The TA had similar results like the Achilles and quadriceps. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsThe vulnerability of gamma irradiation of TA was less than Achilles and quadriceps tendons.
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