Biomechanical Modelling of Growth Modulation Following Rib Shortening or Lengthening in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Overview

Journal Med Biol Eng Comput

Publisher Springer

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Medical Informatics

Date 2004 Aug 24

PMID 15320465

Citations 8

Authors

J Carrier

C E Aubin

I Villemure

H Labelle

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Abstract

A biomechanical model was developed to evaluate the long-term correction resulting from rib shortening or lengthening in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). A finite element model of the trunk, personalised to the geometry of a scoliotic patient, was used to simulate rib surgery. Stress relaxation of ligaments following surgery was integrated into the model, as well as longitudinal growth of vertebral bodies and ribs and its modulation due to mechanical stresses. Simulations were performed in an iterative fashion over 24 months. A concave side rib shortening, inducing load patterns on the vertebral end-plates that could act against the scoliosis progression, was tested. A fractional factorial experimental design of 16 runs documented the effects of six modelling parameters. Wedging of the apical vertebra in the frontal plane decreased from 5.2 degrees initially to a mean value of 3.8 degrees after 24 months. The wedging decrease in the thoracic apical region was reflected by changes in the spine curvature, with a Cobb angle decrease from 46 degrees to 44 degrees immediately after the surgery and to a mean of 41 degrees after 24 months. However, both rib hump and vertebral axial rotation increased, on average, by 4 degrees at the curve apex. The most significant parameters were the growth sensitivity to stress in ribs and vertebrae and the rate of stress relaxation of intercostal ligaments. The results confirmed the potential of long-term correction of spinal curvature resulting from the rib shortening on the concavity. This modelling approach could be used for further design of less invasive surgery, taking into account residual growth, for scoliosis correction.

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