Biomechanical Study of Three Cannulated Screws Configurations for Femur Neck Fracture: A Finite Element Analysis

Overview

Journal Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2024 Sep 19

PMID 39296708

Authors

Zengzhen Cui

Jixing Fan

Yuan Cao

Yuliang Fu

Liangyu Bai

Yang Lv

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Abstract

Background: To improve the performance of cannulated screws (CSs) in the treatment of femoral neck fractures (FNF), a number of new screw configurations have been proposed. However, most of the studies have only analyzed the biomechanical performance of different screw configurations under static conditions. This study aimed to investigate the biomechanical performance of three cannulated screws configurations under different loadings through finite element analysis.

Methods: In this FEA study, nine numerical models of proximal femur were employed to analyze the mechanical response of various fracture types and different fixation strategies (three inverted triangular parallel cannulated screws (TCS), four non-parallel cannulated screws (FCS) and biplane double-supported screw fixation (BDSF) respectively). The maximum principal strain (MPS) on the proximal femur and the von Mises stress on the screws were compared for different models.

Results: In Pauwels I and II fractures, FCS had the lowest peak MPS on the proximal femur and the BDSF had highest peak MPS value. In Pauwels III fractures, BDSF performance in MPS is improved and better than FCS under partial loading conditions. FCS exhibits the lowest von Mises stress in all load conditions for all fracture types, demonstrating minimal risk of screws breakage.

Conclusions: FCS is an ideal screw configuration for the treatment of FNF. And BDSF has shown potential in the treatment of Pauwels type III FNF.

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