Name: proximal cadaveric femur preparation for fracture strength testing and quantitative ct-based finite element analysis
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Vi vill tacka Material och struktur Testing Core Facility vid Mayo Clinic för teknisk support. Dessutom skulle vi vilja tacka Lawrence J. Berglund, Brant Newman, Jorn op den Buijs, Ph.D., för deras hjälp under studien. Denna studie ekonomiskt stöd från Grainger Innovation fonden från Grainger Foundation.

OBS: Alla studier som presenteras i detta protokoll har godkänts av Institutional Review Board (IRB) vid Mayo Clinic. Benen erhölls över en period på 6 år från olika organisationer. Alla prover samlades in inom 72 timmar efter döden, insvept i salt mättade handdukar, och lagrades vid -20 ° C tills förberedelse. 1. Mätning Bentäthet Använda DXA <ol><li> Avlägsna prover förvaras vid -20 ° C frys för att tina vid rumstemperatur under ca 24 h; prover behöver inte tas bort fr?...

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Vi presenterade en robust ben förberedelse protokoll för att säkerställa mekanisk provning och QCT / FEA modellering av lårbens styrka i sidled faller på höften konfiguration. Denna metod blev vår standard in-house-protokollet. Under 6 år, med varierande personal, cirka 200 lårben var framgångsrikt ställdes enligt detta protokoll. Resultaten av protokollet innefattar klassificera ben förhållanden med hjälp av DXA, utesluter metastatiska sjukdomar, tidigare frakturer, eller implantat med hjälp av röntgen...

Determining the true cadaveric proximal femoral fracture strength with mechanical testing is a destructive method that requires a rigorous testing approach for accurate measurements. In particular, proper bone preparation methods are necessary to maintain near in vivo integrity of the bones prior to mechanical fracture testing1. This is achieved by proper bone storage and minimizing handling at room temperature. This test data is extensively used to validate QCT/FEA models of femoral fracture which have the potential to be used clinically to understand the fracture risk, especially in osteoporotic patients. Unfortunately, there is no current standard procedure to prepare proximal femur samples for mechanical testing. A good testing procedure should ensure repeatability and reproducibility of the preparation process. Therefore, fixtures required for sample preparation need to be carefully designed and fabricated to minimize the likelihood of various testing errors. We also need to minimize the preparation time for which bone tissue is at room temperature and thus in danger of degradation with irreversible changes in mechanical properties. 
To this end, we have developed a procedure that preserves bone tissue across multiple preparation steps. This is important to ensure minimal exposure time at room temperature while also minimizing the number of freeze/thaw cycles which can affect tissue physical properties2. The entire procedure is long and nontrivial as the steps occurred over multiple weeks and required scheduling for scanning procedures and personnel availability. The steps included thawing bone samples, screening the samples using DXA scanning to obtain bone mineral density (BMD) values, X-ray to rule out any diseased specimens, and finally CT scanning to estimate distribution of bone mineral and femoral geometry. All the specimens were prepared for testing by removing extraneous soft tissues from the bone surface, cutting the femur to a length required for testing, and potting the femur in a desired orientation for simulating a sideways fall on the hip during subsequent testing. It is essential to keep the time period for all these operations as short as possible. A robust protocol is thus mandatory for consistent specimen preparation, tissue preservation between steps, and for reducing the overall preparation time. 
The aim of this paper is to present in detail the procedures involved in the preparation of femoral samples for subsequent mechanical testing under various conditions. Preservation of the bone tissue is crucial in this process and we achieved it by keeping specimens frozen between steps and keeping them carefully wrapped in saline saturated towels at all times except when scanning and mechanically testing the bones. Femora were also kept wrapped in saline wet towels during the steps involving PMMA curing to prevent dryness of the bone tissue.

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			<td>CT potting container and scanning fixture</td>
			<td>Internally manufactured</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Custom designed and manufactured</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CT scanner</td>
			<td>Siemens</td>
			<td>Somatom Definition scanner (Siemens, Malvern, PA)</td>
			<td>CT scanning equipment</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Quantitative CT Phantom</td>
			<td>Midways Inc, San Francisco, CA</td>
			<td>Model 3 CT calibration Phantom</td>
			<td>Used for obtaining BMD values from Hounsfield units in the CT image</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry scanner</td>
			<td>General Electric</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>GE Lunar iDXA scanner for bone health or any similar BMD scanners</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Hygenic Orhodontic Resin (PMMA)</td>
			<td>Patterson Dental Supply</td>
			<td>H02252</td>
			<td>Controlled substance and can be purchased with proper approval</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>Freezer</td>
			<td>Kenmore</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>This is a -20oC storage for bones</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>X-ray scanner</td>
			<td>General Electric</td>
			<td>&#160;46-270615P1</td>
			<td>X-ray imaging equipment.&#160;&#160;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>X-ray films</td>
			<td>Kodak</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Used to display x-ray images</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>X-ray developer</td>
			<td>Kodak X-Omatic</td>
			<td>M35A X-OMAT&#160;</td>
			<td>Used for developing X-ray images</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>X-ray Cassette</td>
			<td>Kodak X-Omatic</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Used for holding x-ray films</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>5-pound Rice Bags</td>
			<td>Great Value</td>
			<td>N/A&#160;</td>
			<td>Used for mimicking soft tissue during the DXA scanning process</td>
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			<td>Physiologic Saline (0.9% Sodium Chloride)</td>
			<td>Baxter</td>
			<td>NDC 0338-0048-04</td>
			<td>Used for keeping samples hydrated</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Scalpels and scrapers</td>
			<td>Bard-Parker</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Used to clean the bone from soft tissue</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cast cutter</td>
			<td>Stryker</td>
			<td>810-BD001</td>
			<td>Used to cut femoral shaft</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Drilling machine</td>
			<td>Bosch</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Used to drill the femoral shaft</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Fume Hood</td>
			<td>Hamilton</td>
			<td>70532</td>
			<td>Used for ventilation when using making PMMA</td>
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proximal cadaveric femur preparation for fracture strength testing and quantitative ct-based finite element analysis

Avliden fraktur tester rutinmässigt används för att förstå faktorer som påverkar proximal lårbenet styrka. Eftersom ex vivo biologiska vävnader är benägna att förlora sina mekaniska egenskaper över tiden, provberedning för experimentell testning måste utföras noggrant för att få tillförlitliga resultat som representerar in vivo förhållanden. Av den anledningen, utformade vi ett protokoll och en uppsättning fixturer för att framställa de femorala prover så att deras mekaniska egenskaper upplevt minimala förändringar. De lårbenen hölls i fryst tillstånd utom under framställningsstegen och mekanisk provning. De relevanta kliniska mått på den totala höften och lårbenshalsen bentätheten (BMD) erhölls med en klinisk dubbel röntgenabsorptiometri (DXA) ben densitometer och 3D-geometri och distribution av benmineral erhölls med användning av CT med en kalibrerings fantom för kvantitativa uppskattningar baserade på gråskala värden. Eventuella skelettsjukdom, fraktur, Eller närvaron av implantat eller artefakter som påverkar benstrukturen, var uteslutet med röntgenskanningar. För beredning var alla ben rengöras noggrant av överskott mjukvävnad, och skars och krukväxter på inre rotationsvinkeln av intresse. En skär fixtur tillät den distala änden av benet som skall skäras ut lämnar den proximala lårbenet vid en önskad längd. För att möjliggöra positionering av lårbenshalsen vid föreskrivna vinklar under senare datortomografi och mekanisk provning, var de proximala lårbens axlar krukväxter i polymetylmetakrylat (PMMA) med en armatur som utformats speciellt för önskade orienteringar. De data som samlas in från våra experiment användes sedan för validering av kvantitativ datortomografi (QCT) -baserade finit elementanalys (FEA), som beskrivs i ett annat protokoll. I detta manuskript, presenterar vi protokollet för exakt ben förberedelse för mekanisk provning och efterföljande QCT / FEA modellering. Det nuvarande protokollet framgångsrikt tillämpats för att framställa ca 200 CADaveric lårben under en 6-års period.

De avlidna femur skeppades frusen och hölls vid -20 ° C fram till beredningen började. BMD scanning utfördes med en DXA scanner för att mäta den totala höften och BMD liksom T-score för varje prov (Figur 1). En T-poäng är antalet standardavvikelser för den uppmätta BMD jämfört med medelvärden för unga friska försökspersoner. Det kan variera från -2,5 eller lägre för osteoporotiska ben, mellan -1 och -2,5 för osteopena ben och högre än -1 för norm...

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Proximal Cadaveric Femur Preparation for Fracture Strength Testing and Quantitative CT-based Finite Element Analysis

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