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World J Clin Cases. Nov 16, 2021; 9(32): 9783-9791
Published online Nov 16, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i32.9783
Scapular bone grafting with allograft pin fixation for repair of bony Bankart lesions: A biomechanical study
Ming Lu, Hai-Peng Li, Yu-Jie Liu, Xue-Zhen Shen, Feng Gao, Bo Hu, Yu-Feng Liu
Ming Lu, Yu-Feng Liu, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
Ming Lu, The Fourth Comprehensive Service and Support Center, The PLA Beijing Administration of Veterans Service Affairs Department, Beijing 100191, China
Hai-Peng Li, Yu-Jie Liu, Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
Xue-Zhen Shen, Capital Medical University Beijing Luhe Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
Feng Gao, National Institute of Sports Medicine, Beijing 100000, China
Bo Hu, The Second Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chaoyang Integrative Medicine Emergency Medical Center, Beijing 100022, China
Author contributions: Lu M and Liu YJ designed and performed the study; Lu M and Li HP analyzed the data; Lu M wrote the paper and revised the manuscript for final submission; Shen XZ, Gao F, Hu B, and Liu YF participated in the processing of cadaver shoulder joint specimens and biomechanical experiments.
Supported by PLA General Logistics Department, No. CWS14J067.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Chinese PLA General Hospital Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We declare that we have no financial or personal relationships with other individuals or organizations that can inappropriately influence our work and that there is no professional or other personal interest of any nature in any product, service and/or company that could be construed as influencing the position presented in or the review of the manuscript.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at email address: 13701356381@163.com. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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Corresponding author: Yu-Jie Liu, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, The Fourth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 51 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China. 13701356381@163.com
Received: June 6, 2021
Peer-review started: June 6, 2021
First decision: July 5, 2021
Revised: August 13, 2021
Accepted: August 27, 2021
Article in press: August 27, 2021
Published online: November 16, 2021
Abstract
BACKGROUND

Severe bony Bankart lesions are a difficult challenge in clinical treatment and research. The current treatment methods consist mostly of Latarjet-Bristow surgery and its modified procedures. While good results have been achieved, there are also complications such as coracoid fracture, bone graft displacement, and vascular and nerve injury.

AIM

To analyze the techniques and biomechanical properties of transversely fixing a bone block from the scapular spine using bone allograft pins with suture threads to repair bony Bankart lesions.

METHODS

Fresh human shoulder joint specimens and a cadaver specimen model for scapular bone grafting with allograft pin fixation for repair of bony Bankart lesions were used. When the humeral rotation angles were 0°, 30°, 60° and 90°, and the axial loads were 30 N, 40 N, and 50 N, the humerus displacement was studied by biomechanical experiments.

RESULTS

When the angle of external rotation of the humerus was 0°, 30°, 60°, and 90°, with axial loads of 30 N, 40 N, and 50 N, the data of the normal control group, allograft pin repair group, and titanium alloy hollow screw repair group were compared with each other by the q-test, which showed that there were no statistically differences among the three groups (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION

The joints repaired with bone block from the scapular spine transversely fixed with allograft bony pins to repair bony Bankart lesions show good mechanical stability. The bone block has similar properties to normal glenohumeral joints in terms of biomechanical stability.

Keywords: Bankart lesion, Scapular spine, Allograft bone, Biomechanical

Core Tip: Severe bony Bankart lesions are a difficult challenge in clinical treatment and research. The feasibility of using scapular spine graft bone allograft pins to repair Bankart lesions of the shoulder joint, and its biomechanical experimental results were preliminarily evaluated. This study found that the joints repaired with bone block from the scapular spine transversely fixed with allograft bony pins to repair bony Bankart lesions show good mechanical stability. This new method has no adverse effects on the bone donor area, avoiding the complications of coracoid extraction.