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ArticleAnnals of biomedical engineering2021

Mechanical Influence of Surrounding Soft Tissue on Bone Regeneration Processes: A Bone Lengthening Study.

Pablo Blázquez-Carmona, Juan Mora-Macías, José Antonio Sanz-Herrera, Juan Morgaz, Rocío Navarrete-Calvo, Jaime Domínguez, Esther Reina-Romo

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Article in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pablo Blázquez-CarmonaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain. pbcarmona@us.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7605-5812
Juan Mora-MacíasEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Huelva, 21007, Huelva, Spain.
José Antonio Sanz-HerreraEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Juan MorgazDepartamento Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
Rocío Navarrete-CalvoDepartamento Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Campus Universitario de Rabanales, Ctra. Nacional IV-A, Km 396, 14014, Córdoba, Spain.
Jaime DomínguezEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Esther Reina-RomoEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida Camino de los Descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Seville, Spain.
Universidad de Sevilla · ESUniversidad de Huelva · ES

Funding

Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andalucía US-1261691Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades FPU17/05361Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PGC2018-097257-B-C31Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad DPI2017-82501-P
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone lengthening is a bone regeneration technique with multiple clinical applications. One of the most common complications of this treatment is the lack of adaptation of the surrounding soft tissue to their extension. A better understanding of the mechanobiology of the tissues involved in distraction osteogenesis would allow better control of the clinical cases. Bone lengthening treatments were performed in vivo in the metatarsus of Merino sheep, measuring the distraction forces by means of an instrumented fixator. The tissue relaxation after distraction was analyzed in this study. A viscoelastic model was also applied to distraction data to assess the mechanical behavior of the tissues during the distraction phase. Tissue relaxation is similar to other bone regeneration processes which do not imply surrounding soft tissue extension, e.g. bone transport. The effects of this tissue on distraction forces are limited to the first minutes of distraction and elongations above 4% of the original length with the protocol applied. Moreover, the surrounding soft tissue initially loses some of its viscoelasticity and subsequently suffers strain hardening from day 5 of distraction until the end of the distraction phase, day 15. Finally, anatomical changes were also evidenced in the elongated limb of our specimens.

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AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBone RegenerationFemaleMetatarsal BonesModels, BiologicalOsteogenesis, DistractionSheepBone callusDistraction forcesDistraction osteogenesisIn vivoSurrounding soft tissueTissue relaxationViscoelastic model

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