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Thermophysical properties and material modelling of acrylic bone cements used in vertebroplasty

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The stabilization of osteoporotic vertebrae with acrylic bone cement, called vertebroplasty, is a common procedure in modern surgery. However, the thermomechanical-chemically coupled material behaviour of curing bone cements makes the application even for experienced surgeons difficult and can lead to potential complications like heat necrosis, leaking bone cement, embolisms and postoperative load shifting. In order to reduce these potential complications, to minimize the risks and to better understand the occurring effects, the thermophysical properties of a commercial acrylic bone cement were investigated in detail using differential scanning calorimetry, volumetric dilatometry and temperature controlled rheometry. More specifically, the reaction kinetics, the specific heat, the thermal conductivity, the thermal expansion, the chemical shrinkage as well as the mechanical behaviour was studied during the reaction process of the bone cement. Furthermore, the explored material behaviour is described by a customized material model that takes into account all observed effects. With the aid of this model the inhomogeneous chemical, thermal and mechanical states that appear during the application and curing of acrylic bone cements, can be studied by finite element treatment.

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  1. Institute of Mechanics, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Neubiberg, Germany

    Sebastian Kolmeder & Alexander Lion

  2. Institute of Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

    Ralf Landgraf & Jörn Ihlemann

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Kolmeder, S., Lion, A., Landgraf, R. et al. Thermophysical properties and material modelling of acrylic bone cements used in vertebroplasty. J Therm Anal Calorim 105, 705–718 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-011-1508-7

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