建立人工腰椎间盘植入腰椎运动节段有限元模型及其应力分析

背景目前临床所使用的人工椎间盘的结构、材料特性、生物学特性等与正常生理的椎间盘有着很大区别.目的通过三维有限元的方法观察分析人工腰椎间盘在腰椎运动节段中的应力传导作用.设计单一样本观察分析.单位中山大学附属第三院骨科、附属第二医院骨科及南方医科大学生物力学实验室.对象1例健康男性意外死亡的无任何脊柱疾患的脊柱标本及SBChariteⅢ型人工椎间盘建立起脊柱运动节段的人工椎间盘植入有限元模型.方法根据人工椎间盘的工业设计图,利用有限元软件MSC.MARK,建立人工腰椎间盘三维模型;取脊柱健康的腰椎运动节段尸体标本,用螺旋CT机对标本进行扫描,并把图像文件输入计算机保存,在ASC.MARK软件固有的三维坐标系中建立L4-5节段的几何模型.把L4-5运动节段模型中的椎间盘换成人工椎间盘,保持模型L5下终板固定,分别向标本施加4 Nm的前屈、后伸、侧弯及扭转力矩,最后计算人工椎间盘代表结点的受力大小并记录应力的分布.主要观察指标观察人工椎间盘前屈、后伸、压缩、侧屈、旋转运动状态的应力分布情况.结果建立了符合临床实际的人工腰椎间盘植入腰椎运动节段的有限元模型.人工椎间盘的应力分布特点为①在所有的运动状态中,滑动核及盖板的中心部位承受的应力最大,其次为滑动核在运动状态下偏向的部位.②滑动核及盖板上表面比各自的下表面承受其两三倍的应力.③所有的运动状态中,压缩状态下滑动核和盖板的中心部位承受的应力最大.结论建立人工腰椎间盘植入腰椎运动节段有限元模型,在形态、大小及运动特点均与实际的人工椎间盘的结构特点相符,以此进行人工椎间盘应力分布的实验是可行的.

Establishment of finite element model of lumbar motion segment implanted with artificial lumbar intervertebral disc and its stress analysis

BACKGROUND: At present, there are very big differences in structure,material character and biological property between artificial intervertebral disc (AID) and normal physiological intervertebral disc.OBJECTIVE: Three-dimensional finite element method was used to observe and analysis the stress conduction of artificial lumbar intervertebral disc in lumbar motion segment.DESIGN: Single sample observation was designed.SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University; Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University; Laboratory of Mechanics, Southern Medical UniversityPARTICIPANTS: It was to employ a vertebral sample without any spinal disorder of a healthy male died due to accidence and a finite element model of AID implantation in vertebral motion segment established with SB Charite Ⅲ AID.METHODS: According to industrial design chart of AID, finite element software MSC.MARK was utilized to establish three-dimensional model of artificial lumbar intervertebral disc. The corpus sample of motion segment of healthy lumbar vertebrae was collected and scanned with spiral CT machine and imaging documents were input in computer to preserve.Geometric model of L4-5 segment was established in three-dimensional coordinate system in ASC.MARK software. The intervertebral disc in L4-5 motion segment model was replaced by AID. It was to ensure the fixation of lower terminal lamina of L5 in the model. 4 Nm moment of force was exerted in anterior flexion, posterior extension, lateral bending and torsion on the sample successively. Finally, force of internodes representing AID was calculated and stress distribution was recorded.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To observe stress distribution of anterior flexion, posterior extension, compression, lateral bending and rotation of AID.RESULTS: Finite element model of artificial lumbar intervertebral disc implanted lumbar motion segment that is in conformity with clinical practice was established. Stress distribution of AID was characterized as:er lamina was the maximum and that in the lower inclined part of slide of slide core and cover lamina was two or three times as same as that of sion, the stress in the center of slide core and cover lamina was the maximum.CONCLUSION: The finite element model of artificial lumbar intervertebral disc implanted lumbar motion segment established is in conformity with the structural character of practical artificial intervertebral disc in morphology, size and motion property, based on which, it is feasible to carry on the experiment on stress distribution of artificial intervertebral disc.