Biomechanical and Finite-Element Analysis of Femoral Pin-Site Fractures Following Navigation-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Houyi SunHaifeng Zhang Tianhao Wang Kai Zheng Weicheng Zhang Wenming Li Wen Zhang Yaozeng Xu Dechun Geng

Published in: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume (2022)

Severely eccentric drilling significantly increased the risk of femoral pin-site fracture, especially under torsional stress. Femoral drilling should be performed in the safe zone that was identified.

Keyphrases

finite element analysis
total knee arthroplasty
total hip