Preliminary analysis of the forces on the thoracic cage of patients with pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 881-885

  Chang, Pei Yeh ^a   Hsu, Zhen Yu ^b   Chen, Da Pan ^b   Lai, Jin Yao ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical simulation; Finite element analysis; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Stress and strain

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); X RAY FILMS;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES; BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; CHEST WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGES; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION RESULTS; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); VERTEBRAL COLUMN; X-RAY FILMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; SPINE; STERNUM; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL;

CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORAX; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 46749117213     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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