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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_3 | Pages 114 - 114
1 Feb 2017
Favre P King E Palmer M Eldemerdash A Bischoff J Lawton J
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INTRODUCTION

Aseptic loosening is the most common failure mode for Total Elbow Arthroplasty (TEA) and is considered to be associated with accelerated polyethylene bearing wear [1, 2]. This study aimed to evaluate three commercially available implant designs under loads associated with daily living. The hypothesis was that more recent designs (Discovery and Nexel) provide greater articular contact areas resulting in lower polyethylene stresses compared to the Coonrad/Morrey (CM).

METHODS

Motion tracking was performed on a healthy volunteer during elbow flexion at 0, 45, and 90° shoulder abduction because most daily activities occur with some shoulder abduction [3] resulting in varus stress about the elbow. This kinematic data was used in an OpenSim upper extremity musculoskeletal model [4] to estimate muscle and joint reaction loads with 5lb in hand, consistent with the common clinical restrictions following TEA.

Computer aided assemblies of the smallest size implants for each system were imported to ANSYS for finite element analysis. Metallic components were treated as rigid and polyethylene components were modeled using a nonlinear elastoplastic constitutive model calibrated to material data. Articular contacts were frictional. Physiologic joint reaction forces and moments quantified in OpenSim were applied and the resulting peak articular contact area and peak bearing von Mises stresses were assessed.