The presented Master’s Thesis aims at determining stress and strain distribution in proximal femur with applied PCCP and DHS systems. The DHS system has been widely and successfully used for treating intertrochanteric fractures of proximal femur; in some cases, however, complications concerning implant cut-out and excessive fracture collapse occur. To minimize the risk of stabilization failure, the PCCP system was designed. In the Thesis, the process of creating the numerical model is described and the results obtained by employing Finite Element Method are presented. The 3D models of implants’ geometry were created based on the real objects. The model of proximal femur geometry was built by utilizing a series of CT scans and divided into two bodies with respect to the AO classification afterwards. The loading was obtained by solving the static equilibrium equations for the loose lower extremity. The computation was run in Ansys Workbench v13 software. In the hip screws of the PCCP system, lower values of equivalent stress can be found when compared to the DHS system. However, the equivalent strain generated in the proximal fragment is 3-times higher when the PCCP system is employed than in case of DHS system which may be due to the self-cutting design of PCCP screws. By employing PCCP system, the risk of implant failure is decreased. On the other hand, the bone tissue of the proximal fragment in close vicinity of the implant screws seems to be overloaded and prone to collapse.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:230383 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Kohoutek, Jan |
| Contributors | Valášek, Jiří, Florian, Zdeněk |
| Publisher | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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