Clinically relevant finite element technique based protocol to evaluate growing rods for early onset scoliosis correction.
Niloufar ShekouhiDavid DickMaxwell William BaechleDilpreet Kaur KaeleyVijay K GoelHassan SerhanJeremy RawlinsonDerek ShawPublished in: JOR spine (2020)
The proposed protocol enables the simulation of clinical parameters that are not feasible in the F1717 models and predicted stress patterns in the hardware consistent with observed clinical failures.