Bone Diseases Flashcards
Clinical Healing of bone healing
healing of pain and swelling
Radiographic healing of bone healing
healing of 3 of 4 cortices
What does Wolff’s law state
bone will adapt to a load/pressure
What are the stages of bone healing and their descriptions (5)
- Inflammatory stage: pain/hyperemia/edema. Induction of growth factors. Differentiation of MSC into osteoblasts and chondrocytes (immediately)
- Hematoma formation: fibriblast/platelet differentiation (immediately)
- Soft callus: Cartilage (4 days to 4 weeks)
- Hard Callus: calcification (4 weeks to 4 months)
- Remodeling: Wolff’s law (4 months- 2 years)
2 mechanisms of bone healing
-Primary bone healing, membranous, direct healing
Secondary bone healing, spontaneous, indirect, enchondral healing
Describe primary bone healing
1) Contact healing/Haversian remodeling: occurs when there is
Describe secondary bone healing
- formation of bone callus… followed by resorption of callus. Wide gaps are filled with cortical bone via Haversian remodeling
- Motion allowed at the fracture site
Description of woven bone
- unorganized collagen fibers
- mechanically weak
- produced when osteoid is produced rapidly
Description of Lamellar bone
- Parallel alignment of collagen
- Mechanically strong
- Replaces woven bone eventually
What are the zones of an epiphyseal growth plate(4)
- Zone of proliferation/growth
- Zone of maturation
- Zone of transformation
- Zone of provisional calcification
What is the description and location of the zone of proliferation/growth
- site of chondrocyte replication
- it is located closest to the epiphysis
What is the description of the zone of maturation
- chondrocyte hypertrophy
- Weak due to loss of intracellular matrix
What is the description of the zone of transformation
-chondrocytes become calcified
What is the description and location of the zone of provisional calcification
-Between growth plate and metaphysis. Closest to the shaft
Comorbidities that result in significant nonunion of bone
- Diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Osteomyelitis
Social history that results in significant nonunion of bone
- smoking
- poor nutritional status
- poor bone quality
- infection
- ETOH consumption
Medications that result in significant nonunion of bone
-Chronic steroid use
–NSAIDS
- immunosuppressants
- Chemotherapy
Conservative treatments for nonunion of bone
- oral calcitonin
- Functional bracing
- Bone stimulator
What is the mechanism, duration and contraindication for bone simulator use
Mechanism: Electronegative charge used to stimulate bone growth at areas of growth and repair.
Duration: 3-6 months
Contraindication: not for use in synovial pseudoarthrosis, gaps >1cm or 50% of bone diameter
4 categories of bone grafts
- Bone grafts- for small defects
- Intercalary graft-from fresh frozen femoral head. For defects < 5 cm
- Trabecular cage
- Vascularized graft- for large defects 10-40cm
Description of cancellous graft healing (5)
- revascularization occurs in 2 weeks
- gain strength with growth pattern
- results in a complete remodeling
- Many osteocytes are present in this type of healing
Description of cortical graft healing
- revascularization occurs in 2 months
- lose strength in the first 6 months with this type of growth pattern
- Remodeling is incomplete with necrotic pockets with this type of remodeling.
- Not as many osteocytes present in this type of healing
What are the stages of bone graft healing (5)
- Vascular ingrowth
- osteogenesis: osteoblasts from the bone graft cause bone growth
- osteoinduction: regular bone growth with many growth factors
- osteoconduction: bone graft serves as scaffold/framework for osteoblasts to conduct and spread
- Graft remodeling: according to Wolff’s law
What osteobiologics help with osteoinduction phase
- BMP: stimulates osteoblast production
- MSC allograft
- PRP: provides growth factors
- BMA- provides MSC
What osteobiologic helps with osteoconduction phase
- ceramic/bioactive glass: this is osteoconductive, osteoinductive and antibacterial
- DBM : some osteoinduction
What are the main osteobiologics used for bone grafts
- PRP
- Stem cells
- Cartiform
- Biocartilage
- Arthroflex
What is PRP and what are the two main types
buffy coat layer (leukocyte rich)
plasma based(leukocyte poor) better for OA treatment
What is Cartiform
chondral mesh of osteochondral allograft
what is biocartilage
an ECM scaffold for cells to augment microfractured defects
What is arthroflex
a soft tissue scaffold.
What are the advantages of external fixation (2)
Decreased soft tissue dissection
Can be used with infection
What is Dynamization
before ex fix removal pins are loosened and patient allowed to WB.
-axial load without distraction strengthens bone, induces callus formation and faster healing
What is the piezogenic effect
stress generates electric potentials in bone results in callus formation
What is the Calandruccio triangular compression device
Tri-planar compression
External frame good for ankle arthrodesis
One pin through tibia one through talus
What is the classification system for nonunions
Weber and Cech
What is the Weber and Cech classification system
- Hypertrophic:
- –Elephant foot: best chance for healing
- –Horse foot: poor callus
- –oligotrophic: no callus
- Avascular:
- –atrophic
- –comminuted
- –defect
- –torsion wedge
What are the main bone healing complications (4)
- Delayed union
- Nonunion
- Malunion
- Pseudoarthrosis
What is the characteristic and treatment of delayed union
- when there is no evidence of union for 6-9 months
- Treatment consists of immobilization