Numerical Comparison of Restored Vertebral Body Height after Incomplete Burst Fracture of the Lumbar Spine

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Title:	Numerical Comparison of Restored Vertebral Body Height after Incomplete Burst Fracture of the Lumbar Spine
Authors:	Jh, Guan-Heng;Jhong, Guan-Heng;Chu, Yu-Hsuan;Chung, Yu-Hsuan;Li, Chun-Ting;Li, Chun-Ting;陳彥年;Nien, Chen Yen;Cha, Chih-Wei;Chang, Chih-Wei;Cha, Chih-Han;Chang, Chih-Han
Contributors:	醫學暨健康學院物理治療學系
Keywords:	biomechanics;burst fracture;kyphoplasty;stress;SpineJack;vertebral body height
Date:	2022-02-01
Issue Date:	2023-03-28 02:13:35 (UTC+0)
Publisher:	亞洲大學
Abstract:	Background and objectives: Vertebral compression fracture is a major health care problem worldwide due to its direct and indirect negative influence on health-related quality of life and increased health care costs. Although a percutaneous surgical intervention with balloon kyphoplasty or metal expansion, the SpineJack, along with bone cement augmentation has been shown to efficiently restore and fix the lost vertebral height, 21–30% vertebral body height loss has been reported in the literature. Furthermore, the effect of the augmentation approaches and the loss of body height on the biomechanical responses in physiological activities remains unclear. Hence, this study aimed to compare the mechanical behavior of the fractured lumbar spine with different restored body heights, augmentation approaches, and posterior fixation after kyphoplasty using the finite element method. Furthermore, different augmentation approaches with bone cement and bone cement along with the SpineJack were also considered in the simulation. Materials and Methods: A numerical lumbar model with an incomplete burst fracture at L3 was used in this study. Two different degrees of restored body height, namely complete and incomplete restorations, after kyphoplasty were investigated. Furthermore, two different augmentation approaches of the fractured vertebral body with bone cement and SpineJack along with bone cement were considered. A posterior instrument (PI) was also used in this study. Physiological loadings with 400 N + 10 Nm in four directions, namely flexion, extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation, were applied to the lumbar spine with different augmentation approaches for comparison. Results: The results indicated that both the bone cement and bone cement along with the SpineJack could support the fractured vertebral body to react similarly with an intact lumbar spine under identical loadings. When the fractured body height was incompletely restored, the peak stress in the L2–L3 disk above the fractured vertebral body increased by 154% (from 0.93 to 2.37 MPa) and 116% (from 0.18 to 0.39 MPa), respectively, in the annular ground substance and nucleus when compared with the intact one. The use of the PI could reduce the range of motion and facet joint force at the implanted levels but increase the facet joint force at the upper level of the PI. Conclusions: In the present study, complete restoration of the body height, as possible in kyphoplasty, is suggested for the management of lumbar vertebral fractures.
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