Computational modelling of ovine critical-sized tibial defects with implanted scaffolds and prediction of the safety of fixator removal

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-146

  Doyle, Heather ^a   Lohfeld, Stefan ^a   Dürselen, Lutz ^b   McHugh, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical sized defect; Defect stability; External fixator; Orthopaedic scaffold; PCL; tricalcium phosphate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

AXIAL COMPRESSIVE LOADING; BETA TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CRITICAL SIZED DEFECTS; DEFECT STABILITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TRI-CALCIUM PHOSPHATES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; BETA-TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE; POLYESTER;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE MASS; CALLUS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELASTICITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOUR POINT BENDING; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SAFETY; SIMULATION; STRESS DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA DEFECT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJURIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; RADIOGRAPHY; SHEEP; TIBIA; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYESTERS; SAFETY; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WEIGHT-BEARING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84921931721     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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