Type of Hip Fracture Determines Load Share in Intramedullary Osteosynthesis
AUTOR(ES)
Eberle, Sebastian
FONTE
Springer-Verlag
RESUMO
The choice of the appropriate implant continues to be critical for fixation of unstable hip fractures. Therefore, the goal of this study was to develop a numerical model to investigate the mechanical performance of hip fracture osteosynthesis. We hypothesized that decreasing fracture stability results in increasing load share of the implant and therefore higher stress within the implant. We also investigated the relationship of interfragmentary movement to the fracture stability. A finite element model was developed for a cephalomedullary nail within a synthetic femur and simulated a pertrochanteric fracture, a lateral neck fracture, and a subtrochanteric fracture. The femur was loaded with a hip force and was constrained physiologically. The FE model was validated by mechanical experiments. All three fractures resulted in similar values for stiffness (462–528 N/mm). The subtrochanteric fracture resulted in the highest local stress (665 MPa), and the pertrochanteric fracture resulted in a lower stress (621 MPa) with even lower values for the lateral neck fracture (480 MPa). Thus, intramedullary implants can stabilize unstable hip fractures with almost the same amount of stiffness as seen in stable fractures, but they have to bear a higher load share, resulting in higher stresses in the implant.
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