TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a novel minimally invasive technique to washout necrotic bone marrow content from epiphyseal bone
T2 - A preliminary cadaveric bone study
AU - Alves do Monte, Felipe
AU - Sung Park, Min
AU - Gokani, Vishal
AU - Singhal, Mohit
AU - Ma, Chi
AU - Aruwajoye, Olumide O.
AU - Niese, Brad
AU - Liu, Xiaohua
AU - Kim, Harry K.W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Amanda McLarren, Ila Oxendine, Yang Li, Reuel Cornelia, and Richard Banlaygas for their assistance. Funding for this study was provided by Brazilian Government and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Introduction: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease is a juvenile ischemic osteonecrosis which produces extensive necrotic cell debris and release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in the femoral head. The necrotic bone environment induces a chronic inflammatory repair response with excessive bone resorption leading to deformity and early osteoarthritis. Currently there is no minimally invasive method to clear the necrotic materials from the bone to decrease the inflammatory burden of the necrotic environment and to improve the healing process. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that a novel minimally invasive two-needle saline washing technique would be effective to remove cell debris, proteins, and fat from the marrow space of porcine cadaveric humeral heads (HHs). Materials and methods: Twenty-two HHs were subjected to three freeze-thaw cycles to simulate osteonecrosis prior to the wash procedure which consisted of placement of two 15-gauge intraosseous needles followed by incremental saline wash. After the washout procedure, the solutions were collected for measurements of turbidity, protein concentration, and cell count. The HHs were analyzed by optical scanning and histology. Results: The solution collected after each wash showed a significant decrease in the turbidity, cell count, and protein concentration (p < 0.05). Histologic assessment showed significantly decreased cell debris and adipocytes in the washed group compared to the unwashed group (p < 0.001). Discussion/conclusion: The two-needle intraosseous wash technique effectively removed cell debris and proteins from the marrow space. The technique may be used to reduce the necrotic cell debris and DAMPs present in the necrotic bone. Level of evidence: III, in vitro comparative study.
AB - Introduction: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease is a juvenile ischemic osteonecrosis which produces extensive necrotic cell debris and release of damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in the femoral head. The necrotic bone environment induces a chronic inflammatory repair response with excessive bone resorption leading to deformity and early osteoarthritis. Currently there is no minimally invasive method to clear the necrotic materials from the bone to decrease the inflammatory burden of the necrotic environment and to improve the healing process. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that a novel minimally invasive two-needle saline washing technique would be effective to remove cell debris, proteins, and fat from the marrow space of porcine cadaveric humeral heads (HHs). Materials and methods: Twenty-two HHs were subjected to three freeze-thaw cycles to simulate osteonecrosis prior to the wash procedure which consisted of placement of two 15-gauge intraosseous needles followed by incremental saline wash. After the washout procedure, the solutions were collected for measurements of turbidity, protein concentration, and cell count. The HHs were analyzed by optical scanning and histology. Results: The solution collected after each wash showed a significant decrease in the turbidity, cell count, and protein concentration (p < 0.05). Histologic assessment showed significantly decreased cell debris and adipocytes in the washed group compared to the unwashed group (p < 0.001). Discussion/conclusion: The two-needle intraosseous wash technique effectively removed cell debris and proteins from the marrow space. The technique may be used to reduce the necrotic cell debris and DAMPs present in the necrotic bone. Level of evidence: III, in vitro comparative study.
KW - Avascular necrosis
KW - Bone wash
KW - Damage associated molecular patterns
KW - Ischemic osteonecrosis
KW - Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otsr.2020.01.006
DO - 10.1016/j.otsr.2020.01.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 32146150
AN - SCOPUS:85081000000
SN - 1877-0568
VL - 106
SP - 709
EP - 715
JO - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
JF - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
IS - 4
ER -