Subject-specific planning of femoroplasty: A combined evolutionary optimization and particle diffusion model approach

• Published in: Journal of biomechanics Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 2237 - 2243
• Main Authors: Basafa, Ehsan, Armand, Mehran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 18.07.2014; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Augmentation; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomedical materials; Bone and Bones - drug effects; Bone cements; Bone Cements - chemistry; Bones; Cement; Computer Simulation; Diffusion; Evolutionary; Female; Femoroplasty; Femur - surgery; Finite element; Finite Element Analysis; Fractures; Hip Fractures - prevention & control; Hip Fractures - surgery; Humans; Load; Male; Mathematical models; Mechanical properties; Models, Theoretical; Optimization; Osteoporosis - complications; Osteoporosis - physiopathology; Osteoporosis - surgery; Osteoporotic Fractures - prevention & control; Osteoporotic Fractures - surgery; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Planning; PMMA cement; Polymethyl Methacrylate - chemistry; Stress concentration; Studies; Planning; PMMA cement; Femoroplasty; Optimization; Finite element

A potential effective treatment for prevention of osteoporotic hip fractures is augmentation of the mechanical properties of the femur by injecting it with agents such as (PMMA) bone cement – femoroplasty. The operation, however, is only in research stage and can benefit substantially from computer...