Computational investigation of the relative efficacies of nail- and plate-type proximal femoral-fracture fixation implants

• Published in: Multidiscipline modeling in materials and structures Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 212 - 244
• Main Authors: Grujicic, A, LaBerge, M, Xie, X, Arakere, G, Pandurangan, B, Grujicic, M, Jeray, K.J, Tanner, S.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 27.09.2011
• Subjects: Computer software; Trochanteric femoral fracture; Musculoskeletal modeling and simulations; Bones; Fracture; Finite-element implant analysis; Orthopaedics

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to compare fracture-fixation and bone-healing promotion efficacies of an intramedullary (IM) nail-type and an external osteosynthesis plate-type femoral trochanteric-fracture implants using the results of a combined multi-body dynamics and finite element analys...