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Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the influence of the resection of different amounts of the uncovertebral joints on the stability of the cervical spine by comparing and analyzing the stress distribution and peak displacement characteristics of the internal fixation structures and endplates. METHODS: After ob...

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Autores principales: Guo, Wei, Jiang, Yuan, Zhu, Yang, Huang, Jingwen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36536401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03447-0
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Jiang, Yuan
Zhu, Yang
Huang, Jingwen
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description BACKGROUND: To evaluate the influence of the resection of different amounts of the uncovertebral joints on the stability of the cervical spine by comparing and analyzing the stress distribution and peak displacement characteristics of the internal fixation structures and endplates. METHODS: After obtaining the CT data of a 34-year-old male healthy cervical spine, a three-dimensional finite element model was established and verified. The three-dimensional finite element method was used to establish the models of anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation surgical implants and anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation combined with the partial resection of different amounts of the unilateral or bilateral uncovertebral joints. The models were tested under six working conditions: flexion, extension, left bending, right bending, left rotation, and right rotation. The surgical models were compared regarding the stress distribution of the titanium mesh, titanium plate and screw, and endplate, and the peak displacement of the vertebral body. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body of ACDF combined with different amounts of uncovertebral joint resection in the states of flexion and extension. However, there were significant increases in the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body in the states of left and right bending and rotation. In the states of left and right bending and rotation, the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body were significantly greater in the models with bilateral partial resection of the uncovertebral joints than in the models with unilateral partial resection of the uncovertebral joints. Bilateral resection of the uncovertebral joints by 30–40% and unilateral resection of the uncovertebral joints by 40–50% resulted in the greatest increases in the maximum stress distribution of the titanium plate and screw and the peak displacement of the vertebral body. CONCLUSION: Finite element analysis of the biomechanical changes in the cervical spine showed that anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation combined with bilateral resection of less than 30% of the uncovertebral joints or unilateral resection of less than 40% of the uncovertebral joints had little effect on the stability of the cervical spine.
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spelling pubmed-97620332022-12-20 Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis Guo, Wei Jiang, Yuan Zhu, Yang Huang, Jingwen J Orthop Surg Res Research Article BACKGROUND: To evaluate the influence of the resection of different amounts of the uncovertebral joints on the stability of the cervical spine by comparing and analyzing the stress distribution and peak displacement characteristics of the internal fixation structures and endplates. METHODS: After obtaining the CT data of a 34-year-old male healthy cervical spine, a three-dimensional finite element model was established and verified. The three-dimensional finite element method was used to establish the models of anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation surgical implants and anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation combined with the partial resection of different amounts of the unilateral or bilateral uncovertebral joints. The models were tested under six working conditions: flexion, extension, left bending, right bending, left rotation, and right rotation. The surgical models were compared regarding the stress distribution of the titanium mesh, titanium plate and screw, and endplate, and the peak displacement of the vertebral body. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body of ACDF combined with different amounts of uncovertebral joint resection in the states of flexion and extension. However, there were significant increases in the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body in the states of left and right bending and rotation. In the states of left and right bending and rotation, the stress distribution and peak displacement of the vertebral body were significantly greater in the models with bilateral partial resection of the uncovertebral joints than in the models with unilateral partial resection of the uncovertebral joints. Bilateral resection of the uncovertebral joints by 30–40% and unilateral resection of the uncovertebral joints by 40–50% resulted in the greatest increases in the maximum stress distribution of the titanium plate and screw and the peak displacement of the vertebral body. CONCLUSION: Finite element analysis of the biomechanical changes in the cervical spine showed that anterior cervical compression fusion and internal fixation combined with bilateral resection of less than 30% of the uncovertebral joints or unilateral resection of less than 40% of the uncovertebral joints had little effect on the stability of the cervical spine. BioMed Central 2022-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9762033/ /pubmed/36536401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03447-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Guo, Wei
Jiang, Yuan
Zhu, Yang
Huang, Jingwen
Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title_full Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title_fullStr Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title_full_unstemmed Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title_short Effect of ACDF combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
title_sort effect of acdf combined with different degrees of partial resection of uncovertebral joints on cervical stability and degeneration: a three-dimensional finite element analysis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36536401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03447-0
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