ArticleCancer management and research2021
Prediction of Risk Factors for Pathological Fracture After Bone Tumor Biopsy Using Finite Element Analysis.
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- Intramedullary Canal Injection of Vancomycin- and Tobramycin-loaded Calcium Sulfate: A Novel Technique for the Treatment of Chronic Intramedullary Osteomyelitis.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
- Prediction of Femoral Bone Strength in the Presence of Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions Using Finite Element Analysis.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
purposeWe aimed to determine if finite element analysis (FEA) provides useful thresholds for bone biopsy practice patterns.
methodsThe femoral head compression test was performed on rabbit femurs, using FEA to identify the part of the bone that preferentially fractures (n=15/group). Four types of rectangular biopsy holes were made using finite element (FE) models. These models were divided into control (no defect), defect 1 (10% width), defect 2 (20% width), defect 3 (30% width), and defect 4 (40% width) groups (n=15 each). Three types of rectangular biopsy holes (defect A, 27% length; defect B, 40% length; defect C, 53% length) were also made using FE models (n=15 each). The load to failure was then predicted using FEA.
resultsAlmost all femurs with no defect were fractured at the femoral shaft in both the femoral head compression test and FEA. The experimental load to failure in intact femurs was predicted well by the FE models (R
conclusionThe FEA results correlated well with those of the femoral head compression test. A width <10% of the circumference length in bone biopsy holes helps minimize bone strength reduction using FEA. It may be useful for orthopedic doctors to perform FEA to avoid pathological fractures after bone tumor biopsy.
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