Biomechanical evaluation of a newly designed locking plate for opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: stress distribution and stability in the presence of lateral hinge fracture
Hyung Jun Park, Dong Hun Suh, Hyongtaek Hong, Kyung-Wook Nha, Hyungsuh Kim, Kyoung-Tak Kang, Jae Gyoon Kim · 2024
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Description
Hyung Jun Park and co-authors test, in a 2024 computer study, a newly designed bone plate for a knee realignment surgery that opens a wedge in the shin bone. The surgery eases arthritis by shifting load, but the plate's screw holes gather stress, and a break of the outer hinge can occur. The team modeled the shin of an older woman in fine detail.
Three plates were compared under load. The new plate cut peak stress around the key hole well below both its older version and a rival plate. It did not win on stress across the whole plate, though. With a hinge break, its peak stress moved to a safer hole, a promising sign for stability.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hyung Jun Park, Dong Hun Suh, Hyongtaek Hong, Kyung-Wook Nha, Hyungsuh Kim, Kyoung-Tak Kang, Jae Gyoon Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |