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DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633040
Biomechanical Properties of Ethylene Oxide Sterilized and Cryopreserved Cortical Bone Allografts
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Received for publication
25 March 1993
Publication Date:
06 February 2018 (online)
Summary
To evaluate changes during preservation, 76 femoral segments of cortical bone of dogs were tested biomechanically in order to determine their strength in compression, in bending and in torsion. These bones were wrapped in plastic-paper and they were sterilized with ethylene oxide 12%, at 30° C and 1.4 bars and preserved thereafter at 舑20° C. According to the applied loading test, three treatment groups were devised; each treatment group was subdivided into five groups: one control (fresh specimen) and four test-groups differing from each other by the preservation time; i.e. 3, 6, 9 or 12 months. Statistical analysis has demonstrated that there is not a significant difference between the test results for each test-group and its control. The conclusion of this study was that bones, treated as described above, can be stored up to one year without risks to significantly reduce their strength in compression, in bending and in torsion.
To evaluate changes during preservation, femoral segments of cortical bone of dogs were tested biomechanically in order to evaluate their resistance in compression, in bending and to twisting moments. These bones were wrapped in plastic-paper and they were sterilized with ethylene oxide 12%, at 30° C and 1.4 bars and preserved thereafter at -20 ° C. Statistical analysis has shown that there was not a significant difference between the test results for each test-group and its control. As a conclusion, bone allografts, treated as described above, can be stored up to one year without risks to reduce significantly, their resistance to compressive, bending and torsional loads.
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