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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1325085

Residual coronary malformation after tibial shaft fracture alters contact status of meniscus and cartilage on knee joint: A computational study

Provisionally accepted
Kai Ding Kai Ding Dacheng Sun Dacheng Sun Zhang Yifan Zhang Yifan Chuan Ren Chuan Ren Xiaodong Cheng Xiaodong Cheng Haicheng Wang Haicheng Wang Yanbin Zhu Yanbin Zhu Xin Xing Xin Xing Wei Chen Wei Chen *
  • Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China

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    The purpose of this study was to study the effect of residual varus/valgus deformity on the mechanical characteristics of the meniscus and cartilage after tibial shaft fracture.Methods: A finite element model of the lower extremity of a healthy volunteer was constructed from CT and MRI images. The upper and middle tibial fracture models were modified to produce 3°, 5° and 10° tibial varus/valgus models. To validate the modelling, a patient-specific model with a 10° tibial varus deformity was constructed and simulated under the same boundary conditions. and references for clinical evaluation of tibial fracture reduction and osteotomy for tibial deformity.

    Keywords: Tibial Fractures, Varus/valgus deformity, Knee Joint, Mechanical characters, Finite Element Analysis

    Received: 20 Oct 2023; Accepted: 29 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ding, Sun, Yifan, Ren, Cheng, Wang, Zhu, Xing and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Wei Chen, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050051, Hebei Province, China

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