低弹性模量骨水泥对骨质疏松压缩性骨折椎体及邻近椎体应力的影响：三维有限元分析

BACKGROUND: Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty can effectively repair osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, but bone cement injection can cause the change of stress in the fractured vertebrae and adjacent vertebrae after surgery, leading to new fractures. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the stress changes of the fractured vertebrae and adjacent vertebrae after vertebroplasty with different elastic modulus bone cement by a three-dimensional finite element method. METHODS:One healthy adult male volunteer was selected for lumbar spine CT scan. The acquired images were imported for three-dimensional reconstruction using Mimics. The three-dimensional model was smoothed, polished and denoised by Geomagic software, and then the solid mode was built under Workbench Ansys. An osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture model in L_2-4 segments was established after assignment. Bone cement (4 mL) with different elastic moduli (8 000, 4 000, 2 000 and 1 000 MPa) injected into the L₃ segment distributed in the middle of the vertebrae as spherical shape. 500 N pre-load was applied on the L₂ surface with an additional bending moment of 50 N•m. The lower surface free degree of L₄ was restrained. The L_2-4 forward flexion, posterior extension, right flexion and axial rotation on the right side were stimulated. The stress changes of the fractured vertebrae and the upper and lower adjacent vertebrae before and after bone cement injection with different elastic moduli were compared.  RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The stress of the fractured vertebrae and adjacent vertebrae were significantly increased compared with that before operation. With the increase of elastic modulus, the stress of the fractured vertebrae increased, but there were no changes in the stress of adjacent vertebrae. These findings indicate that the elastic modulus of bone cement may be a method to reduce new fractures of the fractured and adjacent vertebrae after bone cement injection. 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程     

骨水泥注射体积与骨质疏松压缩性骨折椎体及邻近椎体应力的关系

背景：椎体成形及椎体后凸成形可有效修复骨质疏松性椎体压缩性骨折,但术后可引起骨折椎体及邻近椎体应力改变易导致新发骨折。 目的：应用三维有限元法分析椎体成形不同体积骨水泥注射后骨折椎体及邻近椎体的应力变化。 方法：选取1例有代表性的健康成年男性志愿者行腰椎CT扫描,将图像处理后导出应用Mimics进行三维重建,应用Geomagic对三维模型进行光滑、打磨、去噪,Ansys Workbench下装配实体模型,赋值后建立L2-L4段骨质疏松椎体压缩性骨折模型。设定在L3椎体注入分别1 mL、2 mL、4 mL、6 mL骨水泥,骨水泥在椎体中央呈球形分布。在L2上表面施加500 N预载荷,附加弯矩为50 N•m,约束L4下表面自由度。模拟L2-L4前屈、后伸、右屈及右侧轴向旋转4种运动状态,比较不同体积骨水泥注射前后骨折椎体及上下邻近椎体的应力变化。 结果与结论：骨折椎体及邻近椎体应力骨水泥注射后均较注射前明显增加,并随骨水泥注入量的增加骨折椎体及邻近椎体承受的应力也随之增大,其可能是导致邻近椎体骨折的因素之一。 中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程