The morphology of ligament insertions after failure at low strain velocity: an evaluation of ligament entheses in the rabbit knee.
AUTOR(ES)
Gao, J
RESUMO
The morphology of failed rabbit knee entheses is described after in vitro load to failure testing at low strain velocity. Avulsion fracture was the dominant failure mode both for the cruciate ligaments and the medial collateral ligament. The patellar ligament became avulsed in most cases from the patellar insertion. The ligamentous anterior attachment of the medial meniscus failed by a midsubstance rupture and the posterior fibrocartilaginous attachment by a rupture near to the meniscal horn. On histological inspection the failure characteristics usually appeared more elaborate, involving to different degrees all portions of the bone-ligament-bone complexes. Avulsion fracture through subchondral bone was often combined with a partial ligament midsubstance rupture. In few cases avulsion from the cement line was combined with a rupture between the uncalcified fibrocartilage and the ligament. The medial collateral ligament failed in one case entirely at the cement line of its femoral insertion. Horizontal rupture through the calcified fibrocartilage and a vertical cleavage crossing the tidemark were also observed. The superficial portion of the patellar ligament failed with a midsubstance rupture, and the deeper part with an avulsion through the calcified fibrocartilage or an avulsion fracture. The complex failure characteristics may be attributed to uneven loading, nonuniformity of the structure, and specific anatomical location. Subchondral bone beneath femoral and tibial insertions seems to be weaker than the transitional zone between soft tissue and hard bone at the enthesis. The overall inferior structural quality of a ruptured ligament has to be taken into account when parts of the original structure are used for suturing or reconstruction.
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