Intersomatic Screw Experimental Study to Treat Lumbar Disc Herniations

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Abstract

In this work, the biomechanical behavior of an intersomatic screw located in an intervertebral disc after a discectomy is studied. For the analysis, a clamping device was designed to reproduce the rotational movements of the vertebrae. The mechanism was adapted to a Shimadzu® universal mechanical testing machine, using an axial compression load in a range of 0 to 3000 N on two types of specimens, with different properties but with similar geometries, an L2 vertebral unit −L3 from resin vertebrae and an L4-L5 vertebral unit from a porcine specimen. The deformation of the vertebrae was obtained using the Photostress technique. The results show the biomechanical evaluation of an interbody screw, which can be used as an alternative to alleviate pathologies that involve the wear of the lumbar intervertebral disc and increase the quality of life and well-being of people, which is the Third Goal for Development Sustainable (SDG3) of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2021 - IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals
EditorsGiuseppe Quaglia, Alessandro Gasparetto, Victor Petuya, Giuseppe Carbone
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages219-228
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030873820
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event1st Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals, I4SDG 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 25 Nov 202126 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume108 MMS
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

Conference1st Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals, I4SDG 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period25/11/2126/11/21

Keywords

  • Biomechanics
  • Herniated discs
  • Intersomatic screws
  • SDG3
  • Testbed

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