Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 67-71.doi: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2014.01.016

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A kidney-liked n-HA/PA66 cage In transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a finite element analysis

WANG Xiao-feng, OU Yun-sheng, JIANG Dian-ming, LI Kai-ting, YANG Bo, LIU Bo, AN Hong   

  1. Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital Of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
  • Received:2013-05-28 Online:2014-01-25 Published:2014-02-11

Abstract:

Objective To design a new “Kidney” like n-HA/PA66 lumbar fusion cage and analyze the biomechanics of this cage in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using the method of finite element analysis. Methods Develop a normal intact three validated model of L3-L5 lumbar segments, compare the biomechanical difference between new kidney-liked cage and usual bullet-liked cage by simulating the TLIF using finite element analysis. Results Compare different TLIF model with the two kinds of cage, the max stress of old cage and new cage was 32.8、32.8、31.4、31.3、32.8、34.2MPa and 13.2、11.4、10.9、10.1、11.7、11.1MPa, separately. And the new cage’s area of stress concentration was smaller than the old cage’s. Conclusion This brand new cage has good biomechanical stability and reduced stress of the cage-endplate interface. This may reduce the sedimentation rate of cage.

Key words: n-HA/PA66 lumbar fusion cage, Finite element analysis, Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)

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