Computational modeling of the patient-specific femoral head before and after the treatment

Yu Qian Mei, Chao Lu, Hai Jun He, Wei Heng Chen, Duan Duan Chen

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Abstract

In femoral head necrosis, the cortical shell of the femoral head collapses and buckles into the cancellous bone. The purpose of this study is to explore the biomechanical characteristics of the femoral head and the necrosis region by comparing the results before and after drug treatment. In this paper, we study two patient cases with femoral head necrosis disease and establish the corresponding computational three-dimensional models. The results show that the deformation of the femur decreases slightly after the treatment, the equivalent stress distributes more evenly, and the stress magnitude reduces. The results also reveal that the volume of the necrosis in the femoral head decreases after treatment, the overall necrosis presents relatively lower equivalent stress, and the area with the relatively high equivalent stress is smaller comparing to the necrosis in femoral head before treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology II
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd.
Pages214-218
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9783038351849
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 International Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, ICASET 2014 - Qingdao, China
Duration: 28 Jul 201429 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume998-999
ISSN (Print)1022-6680
ISSN (Electronic)1662-8985

Conference

Conference2014 International Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, ICASET 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityQingdao
Period28/07/1429/07/14

Keywords

  • Computational model
  • Equivalent stress distribution
  • Femoral head
  • Necrosis

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