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      El fenómeno de cut-out en fractura intertrocantérica de fémur: análisis mediante modelo de elementos finitos Translated title: The cut-out phenomenon in intertrochanteric femur fracture: analysis using a finite element model

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          Resumen Objetivo El objetivo del trabajo fue analizar el fenómeno de cut-out, fenómeno que supone desplazamientos oblicuos y/o rotaciones de la cabeza femoral alrededor del componente cefálico del clavo intramedular. El análisis se llevó a cabo mediante modelos numéricos de elementos finitos. Con esta técnica se busca entender el fallo de este tipo de fijaciones y establecer qué posicionamiento del sistema favorece o evita el fallo por cut-out. Material y métodos El estudio se realizó sobre un modelo numérico de la extremidad proximal de un fémur artificial y un clavo intramedular tipo PFNA (femoral proximal de antirrotación). En el modelo numérico se varió la posición del clavo intramedular en dirección anterior/posterior y superior/inferior para analizar la influencia de la posición en el fenómeno de cut-out. Se analizaron las tensiones en zonas críticas y par torsor sobre el clavo bajo una carga en posición normal. Resultados La posición más crítica fue aquella en la que el clavo intramedular está colocado en la posición superior, debido a las altas compresiones que aparecen en el hueso trabecular de la cabeza femoral. La posición centrada del clavo disminuyó el riesgo de daño óseo y el par torsor que tiene que soportar el clavo intramedular. Conclusión Este tipo de modelos permite simular la influencia de la posición del clavo y obtener variables que de otra manera son difíciles de analizar. Aunque se trata de un modelo sencillo con carga estática, confirma que una posición centrada del clavo intramedular disminuye el riesgo de cut-out.

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          Summary Objetive This work aimed to analyze the cut-out phenomenon, which involves oblique displacements and/or rotations of the femoral head around the cephalic component of the intramedullary nail. The analysis was carried out using finite element numerical models. This technique seeks to understand the failure of this type of fixation and establish what positioning of the system favors or prevents failure due to cut-out. Material and methods The study was carried out on a numerical model of the proximal limb of an artificial femur and an intramedullary nail type PFNA (proximal femoral nail anti-rotation). In the numerical model, the position of the intramedullary nail was varied in the anterior/posterior and superior/inferior directions to analyze the influence of the position on the cut-out phenomenon. Stresses in critical areas and torque on the nail under normal position loading were analyzed. Results The most critical position was the one in which the intramedullary nail is placed in the superior position, due to the high compressions that appear in the trabecular bone of the femoral head. The centered position of the nail decreased the risk of bone damage and the torque that the intramedullary nail has to support. Conclusion This type of model allows us to simulate the influence of the nail position and obtain variables that are otherwise difficult to analyze. Although it is a simple model with static load, it confirms that a centered position of the intramedullary nail reduces the risk of cut-out.

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          Complications of hip fractures: A review.

          Nowadays, fracture surgery represents a big part of the orthopedic surgeon workload, and usually has associated major clinical and social cost implications. These fractures have several complications. Some of these are medical, and other related to the surgical treatment itself. Medical complications may affect around 20% of patients with hip fracture. Cognitive and neurological alterations, cardiopulmonary affections (alone or combined), venous thromboembolism, gastrointestinal tract bleeding, urinary tract complications, perioperative anemia, electrolytic and metabolic disorders, and pressure scars are the most important medical complications after hip surgery in terms of frequency, increase of length of stay and perioperative mortality. Complications arising from hip fracture surgery are fairly common, and vary depending on whether the fracture is intracapsular or extracapsular. The main problems in intracapsular fractures are biological: vascularization of the femoral head, and lack of periosteum -a major contributor to fracture healing- in the femoral neck. In extracapsular fractures, by contrast, the problem is mechanical, and relates to load-bearing. Early surgical fixation, the role of anti-thromboembolic and anti-infective prophylaxis, good pain control at the perioperative, detection and management of delirium, correct urinary tract management, avoidance of malnutrition, vitamin D supplementation, osteoporosis treatment and advancement of early mobilization to improve functional recovery and falls prevention are basic recommendations for an optimal maintenance of hip fractured patients.
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            The value of the tip-apex distance in predicting failure of fixation of peritrochanteric fractures of the hip.

            Failure of fixation of peritrochanteric fractures that have been treated with a fixed-angle sliding hip-screw device is frequently related to the position of the lag screw in the femoral head. A simple measurement has been developed to describe the position of the screw. This measurement, the tip-apex distance, is the sum of the distance from the tip of the lag screw to the apex of the femoral head on an anteroposterior radiograph and this distance on a lateral radiograph, after controlling for magnification. To determine the value of this measurement in the prediction of so-called cutout of the lag screw, 198 peritrochanteric fractures (193 patients) were studied. The minimum duration of follow-up was three months (average, thirteen months), during which period all of the fractures either healed or had failure of the fixation. Of the nineteen failures that were identified, sixteen were due to the device cutting out of the femoral head. The average tip-apex distance was twenty-four millimeters (range, nine to sixty-three millimeters) for the successfully treated fractures compared with thirty-eight millimeters (range, twenty-eight to forty-eight millimeters) for those in which the screw cut out (p = 0.0001). None of the 120 screws with a tip-apex distance of twenty-five millimeters or less cut out, but there was a very strong statistical relationship between an increasing tip-apex distance and the rate of cutout, regardless of all other variables related to the fracture.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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              Mechanical validation of whole bone composite femur models.

              Composite synthetic models of the human femur have recently become commercially available as substitutes for cadaveric specimens. Their quick diffusion was justified by the advantages they offer as a substitute for real femurs. The present investigation concentrated on an extensive experimental validation of the mechanical behaviour of the whole bone composite model, compared to human fresh-frozen and dried-rehydrated specimens for different loading conditions. First, the viscoelastic behaviour of the models was investigated under simulated single leg stance loading, showing that the little time dependent phenomena observed tend to extinguish within a few minutes of the load application. The behaviour under axial loading was then studied by comparing the vertical displacement of the head as well as the axial strains, by application of a parametric descriptive model of the strain distribution. Finally, a four point bending test and a torsional test were performed to characterize the whole bone stiffness of the femur. In all these tests, the composite femurs were shown to fall well within the range for cadaveric specimens, with no significant differences being detected between the synthetic femurs and the two groups of cadaveric femurs. Moreover, the interfemur variability for the composite femurs was 20-200 times lower than that for the cadaveric specimens, thus allowing smaller differences to be characterized as significant using the same simple size, if the composite femurs are employed.
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                Revista de Osteoporosis y Metabolismo Mineral
                Rev Osteoporos Metab Miner
                Sociedad Española de Investigaciones Óseas y Metabolismo Mineral (Madrid, Madrid, Spain )
                1889-836X
                2173-2345
                March 2021
                : 13
                : 1
                : 21-31
                Affiliations
                [02] Valencia orgnameUniversidad Politécnica de Valencia orgdiv1Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería Mecánica orgdiv2Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y de Materiales España
                [01] Madrid orgnameUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid orgdiv1Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica Spain
                [03] Santiago de Compostela orgnameComplejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela orgdiv1Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología España
                [04] Madrid Madrid orgnameUniversidad Complutense de Madrid orgdiv1Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor orgdiv2Servicio de Traumatología Spain
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                S1889-836X2021000100005 S1889-836X(21)01300100005
                10.4321/s1889-836x2021000100005
                1998b476-c873-4638-9781-80959374f386

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                : 01 December 2020
                : 15 March 2021
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                fémur,fractura de cadera,fractura extracapsular,clavo intramedular,cut-out,modelo de elementos finitos,femur,hip fracture,extracapsular fracture,intramedullary nail,finite element model

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