Biology of Bone Graft and the Use of Bovine Bone for Revision of Total Hip Arthroplasty with Acetabular Reconstruction

The use of bone graft in orthopaedic surgeries has become essential in many situations in which there is a bone defect. This includes bone tumour procedures, fracture operations where there was a loss of bone tissue and revision arthroplasty surgeries. In this chapter, we will introduce aspects related to history of bone transplantation, the biological and mechanical aspects, as well sterilization, transmission of infectious diseases and biological safety, and concluding, the functioning of tissue banks and screening of musculoskeletal tissue donors

Hip Arthroplasty

Hip replacement is one of the most performed surgical procedures in orthopedic hip surgery. Through this surgery, the patient returns to most of his normal life and a life without pain. The primary indication for a hip arthroplasty remains osteoarthritis (OA). OA is a degenerative disease that affects synovial joints. A successful surgery is always preceded by good planning. The planning in turn takes into account the analysis of the patient and his physical examination and the radiological image. But also, the surgical planning must take into account another important factor, the choice of the surgical approach. In this chapter, the authors script a revision on the history of hip arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty approaches, implant types, complications associated with hip arthroplasty, outcomes, and perspectives to the future. We wish you a good reading

Predictors of hip fracture mortality at a general hospital in South Brazil: an unacceptable surgical delay

OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk factors such as the time between the insult and the surgical repair have been associated with hip fracture mortality. Nevertheless, the risk of delayed surgical repair remains controversial. Few studies have examined this issue in Brazil. The aim of this study was to study the risk factors for death one year after hip fracture and in-hospital stay at a tertiary hospital in South Brazil. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was carried out from April 2005 to April 2011 at a tertiary university hospital at Santa Maria, Brazil. Subjects admitted for hip fracture who were 65 years of age or older were followed for one year. Information about fracture type, age, gender, clinical comorbidities, time to surgery, discharge, and American Society of Anesthesiologists score were recorded. Death was evaluated during the hospital stay and at one year. RESULTS: Four hundred and eighteen subjects were included in the final analysis. Of these, 4.3% died in-hospital and 15.3% were dead at one year. Time to surgery, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, Ischemic Heart Disease, and in-hospital stay were associated with death at one year in the univariate analysis. The American Society of Anesthesiologists score and time to surgery were one-year mortality predictors in the final regression model. In-hospital death was associated with American Society of Anesthesiologists score and age. CONCLUSION: Time to surgery is worryingly high at the South Brazil tertiary public health center studied here. Surgical delay is a risk factor that has the potential to be modified to improve mortality

Predictors of hip fracture mortality at a general hospital in South Brazil : an unacceptable surgical delay

OBJECTIVE: Hip fractures have been associated with increased mortality in the elderly. Several risk factors such as the time between the insult and the surgical repair have been associated with hip fracture mortality. Nevertheless, the risk of delayed surgical repair remains controversial. Few studies have examined this issue in Brazil. The aim of this study was to study the risk factors for death one year after hip fracture and in-hospital stay at a tertiary hospital in South Brazil. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was carried out from April 2005 to April 2011 at a tertiary university hospital at Santa Maria, Brazil. Subjects admitted for hip fracture who were 65 years of age or older were followed for one year. Information about fracture type, age, gender, clinical comorbidities, time to surgery, discharge, and American Society of Anesthesiologists score were recorded. Death was evaluated during the hospital stay and at one year. RESULTS: Four hundred and eighteen subjects were included in the final analysis. Of these, 4.3% died inhospital and 15.3% were dead at one year. Time to surgery, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, Ischemic Heart Disease, and in-hospital stay were associated with death at one year in the univariate analysis. The American Society of Anesthesiologists score and time to surgery were one-year mortality predictors in the final regression model. In-hospital death was associated with American Society of Anesthesiologists score and age. CONCLUSION: Time to surgery is worryingly high at the South Brazil tertiary public health center studied here. Surgical delay is a risk factor that has the potential to be modified to improve mortality

Reabilitação acelerada versus reabilitação convencional na artroplastia total do quadril (ARTHA) : um ensaio clínico randomizado, duplo cego

Objectives: compare an accelerated physiotherapeutic protocol to a conventional physiotherapeutic protocol in total hip arthroplasty patients. Methods: a randomized double blinded clinical trial performed from August 2013 to November 2014. Forty-eight patients diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis submitted to a total hip arthroplasty surgery. An accelerated rehabilitation physiotherapy applied three times a day and start gait training on the first day or standard physiotherapy applied once a day and start gait training on the second or third day of hospitalization. The Merle dAubigné and Postel score (mobility, pain and gait), muscle strength force, range of motion, in hospital stay and time to start of gait training, were the outcomes. Results: the mean age was 64.46 years (10.37 years standard deviation). No differences were observed in age in different genders, and the two randomization groups were homogeneous. In hospital stay was lower in the intervention group compared to the control group, 3 (3-4) days [median (interquartile range)] versus 4 (4-5) days. Time to the start of gait training was early in the intervention group compared to the control group, 1 (1-1) days versus 2 (2-2) days. Higher muscle strength values were observed in the postoperative results in the intervention group compared to the control group for internal rotation, external rotation and abduction. Conclusions: an accelerated physiotherapeutic protocol should be encouraged, because it shows favourable results in gait, muscle strength and length of hospital stay, even upon hospital discharge.Objetivos: comparar um protocolo fisioterapêutico acelerado com um protocolo fisioterapêutico convencional em pacientes submetidos a artroplastia total do quadril. Métodos: ensaio clínico randomizado, duplo-cego, realizado de agosto/2013 a novembro/2014. Quarenta e oito pacientes diagnosticados com coxartrose submetidos a cirurgia de artroplastia total do quadril. Fisioterapia de reabilitação acelerada aplicada três vezes ao dia com início de marcha no primeiro dia ou fisioterapia convencional aplicada uma vez ao dia e início de marcha no segundo ou terceiro dia de hospitalização. Os escores de Merle dAubigné e Postel (mobilidade, dor e marcha), força muscular, amplitude de movimento, internação hospitalar e tempo para o início de marcha foram os desfechos. Resultados: a idade média foi 64,46 anos (desvio padrão 10,37 anos). Não foram observadas diferenças na idade nos diferentes sexos, e os grupos de randomização foram homogêneos. O tempo de internação hospitalar foi menor no grupo intervenção em comparação ao grupo controle, 3 (3-4) dias [mediana (intervalo interquartil)] versus 4 (4-5) dias. O tempo para início da marcha foi precoce no grupo de intervenção em comparação ao grupo controle, 1 (1-1) dias versus 2 (2-2) dias. Maiores valores de força muscular foram observados nos resultados pós-operatórios no grupo intervenção em comparação ao grupo controle para rotação interna, rotação externa e abdução. Conclusões: um protocolo fisioterapêutico acelerado deve ser incentivado, pois apresenta resultados favoráveis na marcha, força muscular e tempo de internação, mesmo após a alta hospitalar

Histological analysis of bone neoformation with the use of lyophilized bovine xenograft

A artroplastia é, em última análise, a opção final para o tratamento da osteoartrose. Com o aumento do número de indicações deste procedimento, a troca (artroplastia total de quadril de revisão – ATQR) dos componentes também passou a ser mais frequente. Os defeitos ósseos ou falhas ósseas são problemas que podem ser encontrados quando se realiza uma ATQR e, eles devem ser reparados, ou seja, o quadril do paciente a receber outra prótese necessita ser reconstruído. Para isto a grande maioria das técnicas empregadas requer o uso de enxerto ósseo e, devido a este motivo este tecido tem se tornado um dos tecidos mais transplantados na atualidade. Porém a demanda para utilização dos enxertos, na maioria provenientes de bancos de tecidos ósseos, tem aumentado, mas o suprimento é insuficiente. Portanto faz-se necessário a busca por novas tecnologias e alternativas aos bancos de tecidos. O enxerto bovino liofilizado (EBL) é uma destas opções, sua produção em livre demanda suas características físicas e químicas semelhantes ao osso humano e sua boa repercussão clínico-radiológica o torna uma alternativa viável. Este estudo tem o objetivo de verificar e quantificar a neoformação óssea com o uso do EBL pelo uso da avaliação histológica. Realizou-se um estudo de casos de Julho de 2000 a Abril de 2013 no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), onde se incluíram sujeitos que foram submetidos a uma cirurgia prévia cirurgia de ATQR onde foi utilizado o EBL os quais internaram posteriormente para uma segunda cirurgia de ATQR não relacionada a falha do enxerto e sim a falha da prótese. Nesta segunda cirurgia realizou-se a biópsia óssea. Quatorze sujeitos foram analisados, sendo 64,3% do sexo feminino. A média de idade dos pacientes foi 52,36±18,55. Neoformação óssea estava presente em 85,7% dos sujeitos, e constituiu 61,79% da área total de matriz óssea. O diagnóstico de absorção do EBL estava presente em 12 sujeitos. Uma forte correlação de proporção inversa foi constatada pelo teste de Pearson entre a porcentagem de osso neoformado e a porcentagem de EBL na área total de matriz óssea (p=0,001). Nenhuma resposta inflamatória foi encontrada. Concluiu-se que houve neoformação óssea adequada na grande maioria dos casos sendo o EBL uma boa estrutura osteocondutora, podendo ser considerado uma alternativa aos outros enxertos ósseos no tratamento das falhas ósseas.Arthroplasty is, ultimately, the final option for the treatment of osteoarthritis. With the increasing number of indications of this procedure, the exchange (total hip arthroplasty revision surgery- THARS) also became more frequent. The bone defects are problems that can be encountered when conducting a THARS and this defect must be repaired, in other words, the patient's hip needs to be rebuilt before receive a new prosthesis. Most of techniques used to rebuild requires the use of bone graft, and because of this reason, this tissue has become one of the most transplanted tissues today. However the demand for the use of grafts, mostly from bone tissue banks, has increased, but the supply is insufficient. Therefore it is necessary to search for new technologies and alternatives to tissue banks. The bovine lyophilized xenograft (BLX) is one of these options; the production on free demand, its physical and chemical characteristics similar to human bone and its good clinical and radiological outcomes makes it a viable alternative. The aim of this study was to verify and quantify new bone formation by the histological analysis in subjects who received the BLX. This was a case series from July 2000 to April 2013 realized in the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. This study included patients who underwent to a THARS where was used the BLX, which later was admitted to a second THARS surgery, not related to the xenograft failure but a mechanical failure of the implant. In this second surgery was performed the bone biopsy. Fourteen subjects were analyzed, 64.3% were female. The average age of patients was 52.36 ± 18.55 years. New bone formation was present in 85.7% of subjects, and constituted 61.79% of the total bone matrix. The diagnosis of BLX absorption was present in 12 subjects. A strong inverse correlation founded by the Pearson's test was observed between the proportion of new bone and the proportion of BLX (p=0.001). No inflammatory response was found. Was concluded that there was suitable bone formation in the vast majority of the cases, as well as the BLX is a good osteoconductive scaffold and can be considered an alternative to other bone graft in the treatment of bone defects

Histological analysis of bone neoformation with the use of lyophilized bovine xenograft

A artroplastia é, em última análise, a opção final para o tratamento da osteoartrose. Com o aumento do número de indicações deste procedimento, a troca (artroplastia total de quadril de revisão – ATQR) dos componentes também passou a ser mais frequente. Os defeitos ósseos ou falhas ósseas são problemas que podem ser encontrados quando se realiza uma ATQR e, eles devem ser reparados, ou seja, o quadril do paciente a receber outra prótese necessita ser reconstruído. Para isto a grande maioria das técnicas empregadas requer o uso de enxerto ósseo e, devido a este motivo este tecido tem se tornado um dos tecidos mais transplantados na atualidade. Porém a demanda para utilização dos enxertos, na maioria provenientes de bancos de tecidos ósseos, tem aumentado, mas o suprimento é insuficiente. Portanto faz-se necessário a busca por novas tecnologias e alternativas aos bancos de tecidos. O enxerto bovino liofilizado (EBL) é uma destas opções, sua produção em livre demanda suas características físicas e químicas semelhantes ao osso humano e sua boa repercussão clínico-radiológica o torna uma alternativa viável. Este estudo tem o objetivo de verificar e quantificar a neoformação óssea com o uso do EBL pelo uso da avaliação histológica. Realizou-se um estudo de casos de Julho de 2000 a Abril de 2013 no Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), onde se incluíram sujeitos que foram submetidos a uma cirurgia prévia cirurgia de ATQR onde foi utilizado o EBL os quais internaram posteriormente para uma segunda cirurgia de ATQR não relacionada a falha do enxerto e sim a falha da prótese. Nesta segunda cirurgia realizou-se a biópsia óssea. Quatorze sujeitos foram analisados, sendo 64,3% do sexo feminino. A média de idade dos pacientes foi 52,36±18,55. Neoformação óssea estava presente em 85,7% dos sujeitos, e constituiu 61,79% da área total de matriz óssea. O diagnóstico de absorção do EBL estava presente em 12 sujeitos. Uma forte correlação de proporção inversa foi constatada pelo teste de Pearson entre a porcentagem de osso neoformado e a porcentagem de EBL na área total de matriz óssea (p=0,001). Nenhuma resposta inflamatória foi encontrada. Concluiu-se que houve neoformação óssea adequada na grande maioria dos casos sendo o EBL uma boa estrutura osteocondutora, podendo ser considerado uma alternativa aos outros enxertos ósseos no tratamento das falhas ósseas.Arthroplasty is, ultimately, the final option for the treatment of osteoarthritis. With the increasing number of indications of this procedure, the exchange (total hip arthroplasty revision surgery- THARS) also became more frequent. The bone defects are problems that can be encountered when conducting a THARS and this defect must be repaired, in other words, the patient's hip needs to be rebuilt before receive a new prosthesis. Most of techniques used to rebuild requires the use of bone graft, and because of this reason, this tissue has become one of the most transplanted tissues today. However the demand for the use of grafts, mostly from bone tissue banks, has increased, but the supply is insufficient. Therefore it is necessary to search for new technologies and alternatives to tissue banks. The bovine lyophilized xenograft (BLX) is one of these options; the production on free demand, its physical and chemical characteristics similar to human bone and its good clinical and radiological outcomes makes it a viable alternative. The aim of this study was to verify and quantify new bone formation by the histological analysis in subjects who received the BLX. This was a case series from July 2000 to April 2013 realized in the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. This study included patients who underwent to a THARS where was used the BLX, which later was admitted to a second THARS surgery, not related to the xenograft failure but a mechanical failure of the implant. In this second surgery was performed the bone biopsy. Fourteen subjects were analyzed, 64.3% were female. The average age of patients was 52.36 ± 18.55 years. New bone formation was present in 85.7% of subjects, and constituted 61.79% of the total bone matrix. The diagnosis of BLX absorption was present in 12 subjects. A strong inverse correlation founded by the Pearson's test was observed between the proportion of new bone and the proportion of BLX (p=0.001). No inflammatory response was found. Was concluded that there was suitable bone formation in the vast majority of the cases, as well as the BLX is a good osteoconductive scaffold and can be considered an alternative to other bone graft in the treatment of bone defects