TY - JOUR
T1 - The Use of Finite Element Method to Address Proximal Migration of Femoral Neck Fracture Fixation Devices in the Elderly
AU - Atkinson, Patrick
AU - Tavakoli, Massoud
AU - Bates, Connor
AU - Kim, Sang
AU - Prucher, Steve
AU - Larson, Bryan
AU - Martin, Sidney
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Falls among the elderly are a common occurrence and the incidence rate is increasing with our aging population. In such a population, a fall may precipitate a femoral neck fracture which may be treated by any one of a variety of femoral screw/plate mechanisms. Unfortunately, such mechanisms can fail in service as the device migrates proximally eventually requiring a secondary and more invasive surgery. In the current study we propose a new design to address this failure mechanism and we use a simple finite element model to study a modification to the current design.
AB - Falls among the elderly are a common occurrence and the incidence rate is increasing with our aging population. In such a population, a fall may precipitate a femoral neck fracture which may be treated by any one of a variety of femoral screw/plate mechanisms. Unfortunately, such mechanisms can fail in service as the device migrates proximally eventually requiring a secondary and more invasive surgery. In the current study we propose a new design to address this failure mechanism and we use a simple finite element model to study a modification to the current design.
KW - Fracture Fixation Device
KW - Femoral Neck Fracture
KW - Device Migration
KW - Finite Element Modeling
UR - https://digitalcommons.kettering.edu/mech_eng_facultypubs/83
UR - https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0219519401000040?journalCode=jmmb
U2 - 10.1142/S0219519401000040
DO - 10.1142/S0219519401000040
M3 - Article
VL - 1
JO - Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
JF - Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
ER -