Comminuted Fractures of the Midshaft of the Tibia; (Interlocking Nail +/- Blocking Screws or Locked Plating With Predicted Distribution of Locking Screws) Choice Based on Finite Element Analysis Correlated With Clinical Outcome and Union.

Cairo University (CU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Comminuted Fracture Tibia

Treatments

Other: Finite element analysis

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04388462

Ayman Ali Ali Saleh (Other Identifier)

sahar Abdalbary

Details and patient eligibility

About

study is to assess the clinical and radiological results of Comminuted fractures of the midshaft of the tibia; treated with interlocking nail +/- blocking screws or locked plating with predicted distribution of locking screws, choice based on finite element analysis correlated with clinical outcome and union.

Full description

FE analyses will be performed using the finite element code COSMOS/M. The three-dimensional "lower leg" FE model (LL FE model) will be used included the tibia and the fibula. The bony structures will be generated by segmentation of a data set of computed tomographies from the Visible Human Project.

Analysis of data regarding clinical outcomes and radiological assessment of healing rate and union

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

25 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients with closed comminuted fractures of the midshaft of the tibia
patients with age ranging from 25 to 45 years old

Exclusion criteria

1- Simple fractures of the midshaft of the tibia. 2- patients with open comminuted fractures of the midshaft of the tibia. 3- critical and ICU patients. 4- patients with ipsilateral lower limb fractures.