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Nicolini LF, Oliveira RC, Ribeiro M, Stoffel M, Markert B, Kobbe P, Hildebrand F, Trobisch P, Simões MS, de Mello Roesler CR, Fancello EA. Tether pre-tension within vertebral body tethering reduces motion of the spine and influences coupled motion: a finite element analysis. Comput Biol Med 2024; 169:107851. [PMID: 38113683 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) is a novel fusionless treatment option for selected adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients which is gaining widespread interest. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of tether pre-tension within VBT on the biomechanics of the spine including sagittal and transverse parameters as well as primary motion, coupled motion, and stresses acting on the L2 superior endplate. For that purpose, we used a calibrated and validated Finite Element model of the L1-L2 spine. The VBT instrumentation was inserted on the left side of the L1-L2 segment with different cord pre-tensions and submitted to an external pure moment of 6 Nm in different directions. The range of motion (ROM) for the instrumented spine was measured from the initial post-VBT position. The magnitudes of the ROM of the native spine and VBT-instrumented with pre-tensions of 100 N, 200 N, and 300 N were, respectively, 3.29°, 2.35°, 1.90° and 1.61° in extension, 3.30°, 3.46°, 2.79°, and 2.17° in flexion, 2.11°, 1.67°, 1.33° and 1.06° in right axial rotation, and 2.10°, 1.88°, 1.48° and 1.16° in left axial rotation. During flexion-extension, an insignificant coupled lateral bending motion was observed in the native spine. However, VBT instrumentation with pre-tensions of 100 N, 200 N, and 300 N generated coupled right lateral bending of 0.85°, 0.81°, and 0.71° during extension and coupled left lateral bending of 0.32°, 0.24°, and 0.19° during flexion, respectively. During lateral bending, a coupled extension motion of 0.33-0.40° is observed in the native spine, but VBT instrumentation with pre-tensions of 100 N, 200 N, and 300 N generates coupled flexion of 0.67°, 0.58°, and 0.42° during left (side of the implant) lateral bending and coupled extension of 1.28°, 1.07°, and 0.87° during right lateral bending, respectively. Therefore, vertebral body tethering generates coupled motion. Tether pre-tension within vertebral body tethering reduces the motion of the spine.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luis Fernando Nicolini
- Group of Analysis and Mechanical Design - GRANTE, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Mechanical and Aerospace Technology Laboratory (NUMAE), Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil.
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- Group of Analysis and Mechanical Design - GRANTE, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Group of Analysis and Mechanical Design - GRANTE, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
| | - Marcus Stoffel
- Institute of General Mechanics (IAM), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
| | - Bernd Markert
- Institute of General Mechanics (IAM), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
| | - Philipp Kobbe
- Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
| | - Frank Hildebrand
- Department of Orthopedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory - LEBm, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
| | - Carlos Rodrigo de Mello Roesler
- Group of Analysis and Mechanical Design - GRANTE, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory - LEBm, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
| | - Eduardo Alberto Fancello
- Group of Analysis and Mechanical Design - GRANTE, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil; Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory - LEBm, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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