1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The study of development of new simulation system for corrective surgeries for spinal defurmity
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02454341
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Orthopaedic surgery
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| Research Institution | Chiba University |
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Principal Investigator |
MINAMI Shohei Chiva University, medicine assistant proterssor, 医学部, 講師 (20166086)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAMAKI Tamotsu Nippon Institute of Technology, Professor, 教授 (10049695)
TAKAHASHI Kazuhisa Chiba university medicine instructer, 医学部, 助手 (20179477)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1991
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| Keywords | Spinal deformity / Computer simulation / spinal discrete model / bi-plane x-ray photogrammetry / Instrumentation surgery |
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| Research Abstract |
Various spinal instrumentation surgery for scoliosis have been carried out. However, since scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity, it is frequently difficult to select an optimum surgery for a particular patient. The purpose of this study is to simulate surgical correction of scoliotic spine using a three-dimensional mathematical model having mechanical properties of the disc, the vertebral body, and the rib cage. Preoperative spinal shape was measured using bi-plane X-ray photogrammetry three-dimensionally. Material compensational coefficient of each patient was estimated by X-ray film taken under axial traction. Using this model, we simulated 23 corrective surgeries for scoliosis with average Cobb angle 52 degrees. Postoperative average Cobb angle was 28.5 degrees on conventional X-ray and 28.3 degrees by the simulation. The average difference of the two was 6.0 degrees. For kyphosis, 14.2 degrees on conventional X-ray and 19.2 degrees by the simulation. The average difference of two methods of measurement was 7.4 degrees. In axial rotation, postoperative rotation angle was 12.3 degrees using computed tomography and 9.7 degrees by the simulation. The average difference between two methods was 3.6 degrees. The corrective effect of the instrumentation surgery could be predicted three-dimensionally using our simulation model. The model was put to practical use for the instrumentation surgery.
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