Increased construct stiffness with meniscal repair sutures and devices increases the risk of cheese-wiring during biomechanical load-to-failure testing

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dc.contributor.authorMüller, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorSchwenk, Tanja
dc.contributor.authorde Wild, Michael
dc.contributor.authorDimitrou, Dimitris
dc.contributor.authorRosso, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T10:38:07Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T10:38:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-15
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cheese-wiring, the suture that cuts through the meniscus, is a well-known issue in meniscal repair. So far, contributing factors are neither fully understood nor sufficiently studied. Hypothesis/purpose: To investigate whether the construct stiffness of repair sutures and devices correlates with suture cut-through (cheese-wiring) during load-to-failure testing. Study design: Controlled laboratory study. Methods: In 131 porcine menisci, longitudinal bucket-handle tears were repaired using either inside-out sutures (n = 66; No. 0 Ultrabraid, 2-0 Orthocord, 2-0 FiberWire, and 2-0 Ethibond) or all-inside devices (n = 65; FastFix360, Omnispan, and Meniscal Cinch). After cyclic loading, load-to-failure testing was performed. The mode of failure and construct stiffness were recorded. A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed to define the optimal stiffness threshold for predicting meniscal repair failure by cheese-wiring. The 2-tailed t test and analysis of variance were used to test significance. Results: Loss of suture fixation was the most common mode of failure in all specimens (58%), except for the Omnispan, which failed most commonly because of anchor pull-through. The Omnispan demonstrated the highest construct stiffness (30.8 ± 3.5 N/mm), whereas the Meniscal Cinch (18.0 ± 8.8 N/mm) and Ethibond (19.4 ± 7.8 N/mm) demonstrated the lowest construct stiffness. The Omnispan showed significantly higher stiffness compared with the Meniscal Cinch (P < .001) and Ethibond (P = .02), whereas the stiffness of the Meniscal Cinch was significantly lower compared with that of the FiberWire (P = .01), Ultrabraid (P = .04), and FastFix360 (P = .03). While meniscal repair with a high construct stiffness more often failed by cheese-wiring, meniscal repair with a lower stiffness failed by loss of suture fixation, knot slippage, or anchor pull-through. Meniscal repair with a stiffness >26.5 N/mm had a 3.6 times higher risk of failure due to cheese-wiring during load-to-failure testing (95% CI, 1.4-8.2; P < .0001). Conclusion: Meniscal repair using inside-out sutures and all-inside devices with a higher construct stiffness (>26.5 N/mm) was more likely to fail through suture cut-through (cheese-wiring) than that with a lower stiffness (≤26.5 N/mm). Clinical relevance: This is the first study investigating the impact of construct stiffness on meniscal repair failure by suture cut-through (cheese-wiring).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/23259671211015674
dc.identifier.issn2325-9671
dc.identifier.urihttps://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/33357.1
dc.issue6en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSAGEen_US
dc.relation.ispartofOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicineen_US
dc.subjectAll-inside devicesen_US
dc.subjectCheese-wiringen_US
dc.subjectMeniscal repair failureen_US
dc.titleIncreased construct stiffness with meniscal repair sutures and devices increases the risk of cheese-wiring during biomechanical load-to-failure testingen_US
dc.type01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
dc.volume9en_US
fhnw.InventedHereYesen_US
fhnw.IsStudentsWorknoen_US
fhnw.ReviewTypeAnonymous ex ante peer review of a complete publicationen_US
fhnw.publicationStatePublisheden_US
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