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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 103-B, Issue SUPP_16 | Pages 22 - 22
1 Dec 2021
Norbertczak H Fermor H Edwards J Rooney P Ingham E Herbert A
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Abstract

Introduction

Bone grafts are utilised in a range of surgical procedures, from joint replacements to treatment of bone loss resulting from cancer. Decellularised allograft bone is a regenerative, biocompatible and immunologically safe potential source of transplant bone.

Objectives

To compare the structural and biomechanical parameters of decellularised and unprocessed (cellular) trabecular bone from the human femoral head (FH) and tibial plateau (TP).


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 90-B, Issue 6 | Pages 821 - 824
1 Jun 2008
Board TN Rooney P Kay PR

In order to investigate the osteoinductive properties of allograft used in impaction grafting and the effect of strain during impaction on these properties, we designed an in vitro experiment to measure strain-related release of bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) from fresh-frozen femoral head allograft. A total of 40 10 mm cubes of cancellous bone were cut from ten samples of fresh-frozen femoral head. The marrow was removed from the cubes and the baseline concentrations of BMP-7 were measured. Specimens from each femoral head were allocated to four groups and subjected to different compressive strains with a material testing machine, after which BMP-7 activity was reassessed. It was present in all groups. There was a linear increase of 102.1 pg/g (95% confidence interval 68.6 to 135.6) BMP-7 for each 10% increase in strain. At 80% strain the mean concentration of BMP-7 released (830.3 pg/g bone) was approximately four times that released at 20% strain. Activity of BMP-7 in fresh-frozen allograft has not previously been demonstrated. This study shows that the freezing and storage of femoral heads allows some maintenance of biological activity, and that impaction grafting provides a source of osteoinductive bone for remodelling.

We have shown that BMP-7 is released from fresh-frozen femoral head cancellous bone in proportion to the strain applied to the bone. This suggests that the impaction process itself may contribute to the biological process of remodelling and bony incorporation.