ArticleJournal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology2025
A novel augmentation technique for the repair of full thickness gluteal tendon tears: a biomechanical analysis in an ovine model.
Article in Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundGluteus medius tendon tears lead to considerable functional limitations and a high level of suffering in affected patients. In cases where the symptoms are severe, surgical intervention is indicated. A range of techniques are used to repair the tendon, with the primary aim being to achieve the highest possible primary stability in order to minimise the risk of re-rupture. This biomechanical study compares two different refixation techniques in terms of their stability in an ovine model. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe gluteal tendons of sheep hips (n = 17) were meticulously prepared and detached from the femoral insertion. To reattach these tendons at their original anatomical footprint, either the sole double-row transosseous-equivalent technique (DR) or the DR supplemented by a proximal suture insertion (augmentation) of the tendon (DR +) was used. Pull-out tests were performed until failure using a uniaxial material testing machine, with a tensile force applied along the physiological tensile direction of the hip abductors. The data obtained (force at failure, linear stiffness) were compared between the groups using the Mann-Whitney U test.
resultsThe augmentation of the proximal tendon portion resulted in a substantial increase in force at failure, exceeding 450% (698 ± 80.3 N DR + compared with 155.9 ± 53.9 N DR technique). In addition, augmented tendons exhibited a notable enhancement in stiffness, with an average increase of 31.3 ± 15 N/mm in DR + compared with 12.4 ± 4.8 N/mm in DR. Furthermore, the DR + method resulted in a substantial reduction in the incidence of slippage of the tendon fibres out of the sutures and tendon bundles when compared with the DR suture.
conclusionsThe clinical problem of suture knots becoming loose within the tendon stump, leading to the failure of the tendon sutures, could be mitigated by additional augmentation, resulting in a substantial increase in ultimate load at failure. The benefits of the double-row transosseous-equivalent technique, which facilitates the pressing of the tendon stump against the footprint, are maintained. Level of Evidence Level of Evidence 5.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.