Nicola Sabatelli
Development of an automatic workflow for stochastic risk analysis of cementless hip stems.
Rel. Cristina Bignardi, Alberto Audenino, Antonino A La Mattina, Marco Viceconti. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2022
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Abstract
Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) is a life-changing surgical intervention that consists in the substitution of the hip joint with an artificial prosthesis, as a solution for proximal femur fractures and pain or movement restriction in patients with end-stage hip diseases. Over 1 million of THA surgeries are performed each year worldwide, and this number will increase due to the population ageing and the broadening of the indications for this procedure, including also younger and more active patients. The increased number of THA procedures performed, associated with an extended life expectancy, will result in a higher number of THA failures and consequent revisions, usually due to abductor insufficiency, nerve injury, dislocations, aseptic loosening, infections, and intraoperative and postoperative periprosthetic fractures.
Reducing THA failure rate is crucial in order to reduce patient’s discomfort, length of hospitalizations and costs for the healthcare system.?? As demonstrated in literature, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is recognized as a promising tool to simulate in silico the insertion of the prosthesis components during THA in order to predict implant failure and reduce complications
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