Prévention de l’arthrofibrose au moyen d’un anticorps monoclonal antifacteur de croissance vasculaire endothéliale : une utilisation originale du bevacizumab chez le lapin - 05/11/12
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Summary |
Background |
Prevention of arthrofibrosis by different drugs and surgical techniques is an essential issue in modern orthopedics.
Hypothesis |
Intra-articular injection of bevacizumab can reduce arthrofibrosis on the rabbit’s stifle joint model.
Materials and methods |
Arthrofibrosis was induced in the right stifle joint of 30 males New Zealand white rabbits by removing the cortical bone of the medial femoral condyle under general anesthesia. The rabbits were randomly divided into three equal groups. The control group received intra-articular injection of saline; the one-injection group received a single dose of bevacizumab (2.5mg/kg), and the two-injection group received two intra-articular injections the operation day and 14 days later. Forty-five days after surgery, animals were sacrificed. The severity of fibrosis was assessed based on the range of motion of the joint, a macroscopic adhesion score, and histopathologic variables such as the number of fibroblasts and of inflammatory cells, collagenous matrix deposition, synovial hyperplasia, granulation tissue formation, vascular proliferation, and presence of giant cells.
Results |
Although no statistically significant differences were found between the range of motion (P=0.222) and the macroscopic evaluation (P=0.067) of the control group and the one-injection group, all microscopic variables regarding the prevention of arthrofibrosis were significantly superior in the one-injection group except granulation tissue (P=0.347). Compared to the one-injection group, the two-injection group had better results not only in terms of macroscopic evaluation (P=0.001 for range of motion and 0.012 for visual adhesion score) but also in most of the histopathologic variables especially the number of fibroblasts (P=0.002), vascularity (P=0.028) and collagenous matrix deposition (P=0.039).
Conclusion |
A single intra-articular injection of bevacizumab was effective for prevention of microscopically detected arthrofibrosis in the rabbit. Compared to single injection, two injections of bevacizumab improved the clinical outcome.
Level of evidence |
Level II.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Bevacizumab, Vascular endothelial growth factor, Fibrosis, Joint, Induced arthrofibrosis
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Cet article peut être consulté in extenso dans la version anglaise de la revue Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research sur Science Direct (www.sciencedirect.com/) en utilisant le DOI ci-dessus. |
Vol 98 - N° 7
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