title: [Biomechanical consideration regarding bone substitutes use in surgical treatment of chronic osteomyelitis].
abstract: The main aim of this study is to present the use of bone substitutes in chronic ostheomielitis surgical treatment and its biomechanical influence.
  
  
  METHODS
  First step is three-dimensional reconstruction to one femur using CT sections; the second is the reconstruction of infected bone volume, synthesis of material properties, synthesis of loading forces, synthesis of boundary condition and, finally, finite element analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The calculated Von Mises stress as a result of finite element analysis indicates that bone substitute implantation lead to a stress distribution in bone similar with a health femur.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Medicină, Institutul de Medicină Legală Iaşi, Disciplina de Medicină legală, Etică si deontologie, Bioetică, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Damir
authors.forename: Fl
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munteanu
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery*; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes