中国组织工程研究 ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (24): 3810-3815.doi: 10.12307/2021.084

• 数字化骨科 digital orthopedics • 上一篇    下一篇

新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器的三维有限元分析

舒启航,廖亦佳,薛静波,晏怡果,王  程   

  1. 南华大学附属第一医院脊柱外科,湖南省衡阳市   421001
  • 收稿日期:2020-10-16 修回日期:2020-10-21 接受日期:2020-11-19 出版日期:2021-08-28 发布日期:2021-03-08
  • 通讯作者: 王程,博士,副主任医师,南华大学附属第一医院脊柱外科,湖南省衡阳市 421001
  • 作者简介:舒启航,男,1993 年生,湖南省怀化市人,南华大学在读硕士,主要从事脊柱外科方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    湖南省卫生健康委员会科研计划课题项目(C2019120,20201961),项目负责人:王程;湖南省脊柱微创临床医学研究中心(2017SK4004),项目负责人:晏怡果;湖南省卫生计生委科研计划课题重点项目(A2017016),项目负责人:晏怡果;衡阳市科学技术发展计划项目(2018KJ115),项目负责人:晏怡果

Three-dimensional finite element analysis of a new three-dimensional printed porous fusion cage for cervical vertebra

Shu Qihang, Liao Yijia, Xue Jingbo, Yan Yiguo, Wang Cheng   

  1. Department of Spine Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • Received:2020-10-16 Revised:2020-10-21 Accepted:2020-11-19 Online:2021-08-28 Published:2021-03-08
  • Contact: Wang Cheng, MD, Associate chief physician, Department of Spine Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • About author:Shu Qihang, Master candidate, Department of Spine Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Scientific Research Project of Hunan Health Committee, No. C2019120, 20201961 (to WC); the Hunan Spinal Minimally Invasive Clinical Research Center, No. 2017SK4004 (to YYG); the Key Scientific Research Project of Hunan Health and Family Planning Commission, No. A2017016 (to YYG); the Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Hengyang, No. 2018KJ115 (to YYG)

摘要:

文题释义:
新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器:其横断面为马蹄铁状、肾形,中间设有植骨窗口用于填塞植骨块,四周为框架结构,填充以类骨小梁多孔桁架单元,上下终板接触端为曲面环状结构(依据志愿者CT原始数据实现个性化定制),其上下有序分布锥形防滑齿8枚。融合器通过3D打印技术设计打印而成。
椎体位移峰值:与融合器相邻的上下椎体的位移最大值。

背景:颈椎前路椎间盘切除减压融合内固定已成为目前临床上常用的手术,但是传统融合器的上下弧度难以与上下终板保持完全一致,容易引起椎间融合器沉降等一系列相关并发症,作者所在课题组研究出与上下终板保持一致的新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器。
目的:通过三维有限元分析法评价新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器的力学特点,为临床应用和进一步改进提供相应理论依据。
方法:建立颈椎前路椎间盘切除减压融合内固定的三维有限元模型,分别采用传统颈椎椎间融合器以及新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器进行重建,并在前屈后伸、左右侧屈及左右旋转6个工况下,施加50 N预载荷以及1.0 N•m的运动附加弯矩。观察相应的椎体位移峰值,以及板钉、融合器和上下终板的Von-Mises应力峰值情况。
结果与结论:①结合三维有限元分析发现,新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器组在前屈后伸、左右侧屈、左右旋转这6种工况下的椎体位移峰值、融合器及上下终板的Von-Mises 应力峰值均小于传统融合器组;②而板钉的应力峰值除在后伸及右旋这2个工况下,新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器组大于传统融合器组;其他4个工况下新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器组的板钉应力峰值均小于传统融合器组;③提示相对于传统融合器,应用新型颈椎3D打印多孔椎间融合器能避免上下终板的应力集中,提高固定节段的稳定性,一定程度上可减少内植物下沉的风险。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1549-3456 (舒启航) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱;骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

关键词: 三维有限元分析, 3D打印, 椎间融合器, 内固定, 位移, 应力, 应力集中, 内植物下沉, 稳定性

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Anterior cervical discectomy with fusion has become a common procedure in clinical practice. However, the upper and lower radian of the traditional fusion cage is difficult to be consistent with the upper and lower endplates, which is easy to cause a series of complications such as the settlement of the intervertebral fusion cage. Our research group developed a new three-dimensional (3D) printed porous fusion cage that is consistent with the upper and lower endplates.
OBJECTIVE: The mechanical characteristics of the new 3D printed porous fusion cage were evaluated by 3D finite element analysis to provide theoretical basis for clinical application and further improvement. 
METHODS: A 3D finite element model of anterior cervical discectomy with fusion was established. Traditional cervical fusion cage and a new cervical 3D printed porous fusion cage were used for reconstruction. In addition, 50 N preload and 1.0 N•m additional bending moment were applied under six working conditions of forward bending and backward stretching, left and right side bending, left and right rotation. The peak values of vertebral displacement and the peak values of Von-Mises stress on titanium plates, titanium nails, fusion cage, and upper and lower end plates were observed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Combined with the 3D finite element analysis, we found that the peak values of vertebral displacement and the peak values of Von-Mises stress on fusion cage, upper and lower end plates were significantly lower in the new cervical 3D printed porous fusion cage group than those of the traditional cage group under the six conditions of forward bending, back stretching, left and right side bending and left and right rotation. (2) As for titanium plates and titanium nails, except under the two working conditions of posterior extension and right rotation, the peak value in the new cervical 3D printed porous fusion cage group was larger than in the traditional cage group. Under the other four working conditions, stress peak values were smaller in the new cervical 3D printed porous fusion cage group than in the traditional cage group. (3) Therefore, compared with the traditional fusion cage, the application of the new 3D printed porous intervertebral fusion cage can avoid the stress concentration of upper and lower endplates, improve the stability of fixed segments, and reduce the sinking risk of internal plants to a certain extent.

Key words: three-dimensional finite element analysis, 3D printing, intervertebral fusion cage, internal fixation, displacement, stress, stress concentration, plant sink, stability

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