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Pelvic modelling and the comparison between plate position for double pelvic osteotomy using artificial cancellous bone and finite element analysis

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Title
Pelvic modelling and the comparison between plate position for double pelvic osteotomy using artificial cancellous bone and finite element analysis
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BMC Veterinary Research, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12917-018-1416-1
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William McCartney, Bryan MacDonald, Ciprian Andrei Ober, Rubén Lostado-Lorza, Fátima Somovilla Gómez

Abstract

Finite element analysis was used to compare fixation methods for double pelvic osteotomy (DPO). Using 3D scanning a stereolithography (stl) image was produced of a canine pelvis and this was subsequently refined in computer aided design (CAD). Using the CAD files, the images were imported in MSC Marc software to produce a working finite element (FE) model with 3 dimensional tetrahedral elements with linear shaped functions. The dimensions of a precontoured pelvic osteotomy plate with eight screws and a twisted seven screw straight plate were used to build the 2 fixations implants for the FE models. An equivalent load of 300 N was applied progressively on all FE models in order to facilitate its convergence. The load was applied in a distributed manner on the femur-hip joint contact area in order to simulate the actual behavior of the joint. The aim of the present study was to analyze the difference in stiffness and behavior under loading between a lateral vs ventral plate fixation, with unlocked screws and different gap scenarios, for stabilization of a pelvic osteotomy using finite element analysis. From both configurations the maximum displacement of the ventral plate with 7 screws without gap had a value of 1.988 mm, while in the DPO plate had a maximum displacement of 2.191 mm. The load applied for each of the different configurations studied when a gap of 1° was considered and also when a condition of no gap was considered. The ventral plate was stiffer than the lateral plate when a gap was not present. When the gap was closed in the ventral plate, the stiffness increased until a point that remained constant. Ventral plate fixation can be as or more stiff as lateral plate fixation and provides flexible fixation. This behavior should reduce screw loosening. Using ventral plate fixation is recommended to reduce screw loosening or failure.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 15%
Student > Postgraduate 3 12%
Lecturer 3 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 12%
Other 7 27%
Unknown 3 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 35%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 19%
Engineering 4 15%
Unspecified 2 8%
Sports and Recreations 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 19%
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#15,495,840
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#1,431
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#212,196
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#50
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