Patient-specific bone material modelling can improve the predicted biomechanical outcomes of sacral fracture fixation techniques: A comparative finite element study.

Turbucz, Mate; Pokorni, Agoston Jakab; Bigdon, Sebastian Frederick; Hajnal, Benjamin; Koch, Kristof; Szoverfi, Zsolt; Lazary, Aron; Eltes, Peter Endre (2023). Patient-specific bone material modelling can improve the predicted biomechanical outcomes of sacral fracture fixation techniques: A comparative finite element study. Injury, 54(12), p. 111162. Elsevier 10.1016/j.injury.2023.111162

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OBJECTIVE

To evaluate and compare the biomechanical efficacy of six iliosacral screw fixation techniques for treating unilateral AO Type B2 (Denis Type II) sacral fractures using literature-based and QCT-based bone material properties in finite element (FE) models.

METHODS

Two FE models of the intact pelvis were constructed: the literature-based model (LBM) with bone material properties taken from the literature, and the patient-specific model (PSM) with QCT-derived bone material properties. Unilateral transforaminal sacral fracture was modelled to assess different fixation techniques: iliosacral screw (ISS) at the first sacral vertebra (S1) (ISS1), ISS at the second sacral vertebra (S2) (ISS2), ISS at S1 and S2 (ISS12), transverse iliosacral screws (TISS) at S1 (TISS1), TISS at S2 (TISS2), and TISS at S1 and S2 (TISS12). A 600 N vertical load with both acetabula fixed was applied. Vertical stiffness (VS), relative interfragmentary displacement (RID), and the von Mises stress values in the screws and fracture interface were analysed.

RESULTS

The lowest and highest normalised VS was given by ISS1 and TISS12 techniques for LBM and PSM, with 137 % and 149 %, and 375 % and 472 %, respectively. In comparison with the LBM, the patient-specific bone modelling increased the maximum screw stress values by 19.3, 16.3, 27.8, 2.3, 24.4 and 7.8 % for ISS1, ISS2, ISS12, TISS1, TISS2 and TISS12, respectively. The maximum RID values were between 0.10 mm and 0.47 mm for all fixation techniques in both models. The maximum von Mises stress results on the fracture interface show a substantial difference between the two models, as PSM (mean ± SD of 15.76 ± 8.26 MPa) gave lower stress values for all fixation techniques than LBM (mean ± SD of 28.95 ± 6.91 MPa).

CONCLUSION

The differences in stress distribution underline the importance of considering locally defined bone material properties when investigating internal mechanical parameters. Based on the results, all techniques demonstrated clinically sufficient stability, with TISS12 being superior from a biomechanical standpoint. Both LBM and PSM models indicated a consistent trend in ranking the fixation techniques based on stability. However, long-term clinical trials are recommended to confirm the findings of the study.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Bigdon, Sebastian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1879-0267

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

14 Nov 2023 15:42

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2023 00:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.injury.2023.111162

PubMed ID:

37945416

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Biomechanics Finite element analysis Iliosacral screw fixation Patient-specific bone QCT Sacral fracture

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/188770

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/188770

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