RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Method for assessing the breaking starting strength of meniscal horns from suture retention tests.
A1 Peña Trabalón, Alejandro
A1 Pérez-Blanca, Ana
A1 Estébanez-Campos, María Belén
A1 Moreno-Vegas, Salvador
A1 Prado-Novoa, María
K1 Menisco - Cirugía
K1 Biomecánica
AB Surgical repair of a detached meniscal root is performed via a transtibial or in situ technique, using sutures to fix the meniscus to restore knee biomechanics. A critical aspect to prevent repair failure is the capacity of the tissue to hold the sutures subjected to forces throughout surgery and the postoperative period. Previously, visual inspection of video-monitored suture retention tests of meniscal horns and other soft tissues, allowed the identification of a breaking starting point that initiates tissue damage, better representing its suture retention capacity than the final failure. In this scenario, it is key to quantifying the Breaking Starting Strength (BSS). Some studies have analyzed horn resistance at the tissue-suture interface, but a robust methodology for computing the BSS has not been described. This work proposes a method to identify the BSS directly from the load curves of suture retention tests. The methodology has been validated using meniscal horns in human and porcine models.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32073
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32073
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.UMA20-FEDERJA-116
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 2 mar 2026