CF basics: bone/cartilage, distraction osteogenesis Flashcards
What are the components of bone?
- Cellular components
- osteoblasts: mature metabolically active bone forming cells - secrete osteoid (non-mineral matrix)
- osteoclasts: multi-nucleated cells controlled by humoral and cellular mechanisms - bone resorption (and release or inorganic matrix)
- osteocytes: mature osteoblasts trapped in bone matrix, control extracellular Ca, P
- Matrix
- Organic
- Collagen - tensile stregth
- Proteoglycans - compressive strength
- Non-collagenous proteins - promotes mineralization & bone formation
- GFs and cytokins - promotes bone homeostasis: TGF-B, IL-1, IL-6, IGF
- Inorganic
- Ca Hydroxyapatite - compressive strength
- Organic
Describe the types of bone
- two types of bone: Woven (immature) and lamellar (mature) bone
- Woven bone
- immature or pathologic bone; random organization of collagen
- Lamellar bone, mature bone: Cortical vs. cancellous
- Cortical bone = compact bone, 80%
- structural unit is osteon - dense compact bone forming surface of bone
- Osteons are based around Haversian canels, in which travel vessels, nerves, lymph channels
- Cancellous bone = trabecullar / spongey bone
- internal core / medulla of bone
- more elastic and vascularized
- Cortical bone = compact bone, 80%
Describe different types of bone formation.
- Endochondral ossification
- from a cartilage precursor, where bone replaces cartilage
- undifferentiated cells differentiate into chondrocytes and secrete cartilaginous matrix
- osteoclasts resorb and debride calcified cartilage, osteoblasts then lay down osteon
- Intramembranous ossification
- direct bone formation, no cartilage template
- undifferentiated mesenchymal stem cells differentiate directly into osteoblasts and aggregate into layers (membrane)
- begin to lay down organic matrix that mineralizes to form bone
- Appositional ossification
- osteoblasts align on existing bone and lay down new bone
Describe the different types of bone healing
- Direct bone healing
- Bone that heals via intramembranous ossification, where mesenchyme cells differentiate directly into osteoblasts to lay down new bone, without a cartilage framework or intermediate
- Requires no motion at fracture site
- Indirect bone healing
- Bone that heals via endochondral ossificaiton (and intramembranous ossification remote to the fracture), wehreby the majority of the bone heals via an intermediate cartilage framework, which calcifies and then is replaced by bone
- Occurs when there is motion
What are the prerequisites for direct bone healing?
- No motion at fracture site (< 2%), no shear
- Stable fixation
- Anatomic reduction
- Interfragmentary compression
SCAM = stable, compression, anatomic, motion
What is the difference between contact healing and gap healing in direct bone healing?
o Contact healing – stimulated by destruction of osteons =>formation cutting cones (mainly active osteoclasts), allowing ingrowth of vessels and undifferentiated MSC (MSC differentiate into osteoblasts). Woven bone produced, remodels to lamellar bone (weeks - months)
o Gap Healing – Interfragmenatry gaps remain (even in anatomic reductions) => heal by ingrowth of blood vessels, mesenchymal cell differentiation into osteoblasts which begin to lay down osteoid on exposed surfaces
What are the phases of direct bone healing when there is contact between bone ends?
- MSCs are released from injured periosteum
- Fracture site is resorbed by osteoclasts via cutting cone mechanism, new haversian systems developed
- allows ingrowth of MSCs and vessels and Osteoblast differentiation
- Intramembranous ossification - laying down of immature woven bone
- Remodels to lamellar bone
What are the phases of indirect bone healing?
- Hematoma & inflammation
- hematoma formation
- GF and cytokine release
- Reparative
- MSCs differentiate into chondrocytes, form fibrocartilage intermediate = soft callous
- Soft callous calcifies to form hard callous, immature woven bone via endochondral ossification; remote to fracture IMO occurs for direct new bone formation
- Remodelling
- replacement of woven bone with lamellar bone
List and describe 5 systemic factors that influence bone healing
- oxygen - chronic hypoxia delays healing; however in bone, acute local hypoxia (at fracture site) induces bone healing
- nutrients - insufficient Vit C and vit D impair bone healing, whereas excess Vit A impairs helaing
- diabetes - affects collagen cross linking and impairs osteoblast function
- nicotine - vasoconstrictive to chronic decrease O2 and decrease osteoblast actrivity
- chemotherapy - broadly impairs wound healing, fibroblast function, collagen depostion
What hormone are involved in bone hemeostasis?
- Vit D
- Parathyroid hormone
- Calcitonin
- Growth hormone
- indirectly, cortisol - which inhibits inflammatory response and callous formation
What growth factors are involved in bone homeostasis?
- TGF-B - regulates cartilage and bone formation in callous
- IGF - stimulates collagen
- BMP - osteoinductive
List factors that affect bone healing
- Systemic
- Hormonal: cortisone, PTH, calcitriol, GH
- Oxygen perfusion - local acute and systemic chronic
- Malnutrition - vit D, vit C, vit A, deficient [Ca]
- DM
- Smoking/nicotine
- Genetic
- Local
- GFs: TGF-B, IGF, PDGF, BMP, EGF
- Injury mechanism
- Plate porosis
- High strain
- Infection
- Radiation
- Tumour
- Other adjuncts
- electromagnetic field
- low intensity ultrasound
Define distraction osteogenesis
- Osteogenesis and lengthening of bone via surgical corticotomy and controlled distraction
What model explains the physiology of distraction osteogenesis
- Tension stress model
- applicaiton of slow, steady traction to tissues causes them to become metabolically active, inducing proliferative and biosynthetic functions
During distraction osteogenesis, by what mechanism does new bone form?
- intramembranous ossificaiton
- undifferentiated MSCs migrate to the site, differentiate into osteoblasts and lay down new bone