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Effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation for revitalizing a severely necrotic small bone: experimental rabbit model

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Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Abstract

Background

Although treating Kienböck disease is controversial, we previously applied a new method that was less invasive and comprised drilling, bone marrow (BM) transplantation, external fixation, and radiating low-intensity pulsed ultrasound. We reported good clinical results obtained by this new method, which were comparable to those obtained using other, rather invasive methods. Here, we investigated the effect of drilling holes and transplanting BM into necrotic bone in an animal model to further understand the effect of these methods on the revitalization of necrotic bone.

Methods

We used rabbit fourth tarsal bones, whose surfaces consist of cartilage and cortical bone, mimicking human lunate bone. We soaked the retrieved bones in liquid nitrogen to induce necrosis. After thawing, we inserted them separately into bilateral subcutaneous pouches in the backs of rabbits. A total of 60 rabbits were divided into four groups of 15 rabbits each: BM transplantation (BM group); peripheral blood transplantation (PB group); drilling (D group); control (C group). We sacrificed three rabbits to obtain six specimens in each group at 2, 4, 8, 12, and 20 weeks after operation and evaluated the specimens histomorphologically.

Results

In the BM group, significantly larger mineralizing surfaces, osteoblast surfaces, and osteoclast numbers were observed at 4, 8, and 12 weeks compared with those in the other groups. No significant differences were observed at 2 and 20 weeks in the groups except the mineralizing surface of the 20-week-BM group, which was significantly greater.

Conclusions

We examined the efficacy of drilling and of BM transplantation for regenerating necrotic bone in a rabbit model. Our experiments suggest that drilling with BM transplantation to the necrotic bone accelerates bone formation and remodeling.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kikkoman General Hospital, 100 Miyazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-0005, Japan

    Takeshi Ogawa

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Takeshi Ogawa, Tomoo Ishii, Hajime Mishima, Shinsuke Sakai, Arata Watanabe, Tomofumi Nishino & Naoyuki Ochiai

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Ogawa, T., Ishii, T., Mishima, H. et al. Effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation for revitalizing a severely necrotic small bone: experimental rabbit model. J Orthop Sci 15, 381–388 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-010-1459-z

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