A finite element analysis of bone plates available for prophylactic internal fixation of the radial osteocutaneous donor site using the sheep tibia model

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1421-1430

  Avery, C M E ^a   Bujtár, Péter ^a,e   Simonovics, János ^b   Dézsi, Tamás ^c   Váradi, Károly ^b   Sándor, George K B ^d,e   Pan, Jingzhe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c Lead Mechanical Engineer   (Hungary)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone plate; Finite element analysis; Fracture; Morbidity; Radius; Sheep tibia

Indexed keywords

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; BONE PLATE; BONE-SCREW INTERFACE; INTERNAL FIXATION; MORBIDITY; RADIUS; SHEEP TIBIA; STRENGTHENING EFFECT;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; SCREWS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE BOWING; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA TORSION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; MORBIDITY; RADIUS; SHEEP TIBIA;

ANIMALS; BONE PLATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIUS; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIA;

EID: 84883188827     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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