Central defect type partial ACL injury model on goat knees: the effect of infrapatellar fat pad excision

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Karakilic B., TAŞKIRAN E., DOĞANAVŞARGİL YAKUT B., UZUN B., Celik S., KAYA BİÇER M. E.

JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND RESEARCH, vol.10, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 10
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/s13018-015-0281-x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Partial ACL injury model, Primary healing, Infrapatellar fat pad, ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT, IN-VIVO FORCES, BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION, SUTURE AUGMENTATION, PARTIAL LACERATION, PLASMA SCAFFOLD, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, GRAFT, ELONGATION
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: The mid-substance central defect injury has been used to investigate the primary healing capacity of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a goat model. The sagittal plane stability on this model has not been confirmed, and possible effects of fat pad excision on healing have not been evaluated. We hypothesize that excising the fat pad tissue results in poorer ligament healing as assessed histologically and decreased tensile strength of the healing ligament. We further hypothesize that the creation of a central defect does not affect sagittal plane knee stability.