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Biomechanical Analysis of Sagittal Plane Pin Placement Configurations for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures

Journal

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11083447

Keywords

supracondylar humeral fracture; biomechanical study; sagittal pinning; Kirschner wires

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

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The study compared the construct stiffness of alternative sagittal pin configurations using synthetic bone models, finding that the divergent sagittal pin configuration provided the highest construct stiffness in extension, valgus, and external rotation loads. However, the parallel sagittal pin configuration had slightly lower construct stiffness under extension load compared to the divergent and crossed sagittal pin configurations.
Anterior to posterior (AP) pinning is the recommended sagittal pin configuration in divergent lateral entry coronal pinning of pediatrics supracondylar fractures. However, there was still a lack of evidence regarding alternative sagittal pins configurations. We aimed to compare the construct stiffness of alternative sagittal pin configurations by using synthetic bone models. Sixty synthetic pediatric humeri were osteotomized to create a supracondylar fracture. After the fracture reduction, all specimens were fixed in the coronal plane with divergent lateral entry pin configurations in four different patterns in the sagittal plane: AP, crossed, divergent and parallel sagittal pin configuration. Each configuration was tested with five loading patterns. The AP sagittal pin had significantly lower construct stiffness than the divergent (p = 0.003) and the parallel sagittal pin configuration (p = 0.005) in external rotation loading tests. The divergent sagittal pin had the highest construct stiffness in extension, valgus, and external rotation loads, but the parallel sagittal pin had lower construct stiffness under extension load than the divergent and crossed sagittal pin configurations. The divergent sagittal pin configuration provides greater construct stiffness than other sagittal pin configurations due to the maximal pin spreading distance at the fracture site and the pin angle lock mechanism.

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