Item Details

title

Biomechanical Analysis of Femoral Neck Strength with Respect to Femoral Head Core Decompression

author

Brown, Philip Jayson

abstract

It is estimated that between 10,000 and 20,000 new patients present with avascular necrosis of the femoral head each year in the United States. The current treatment for avascular necrosis is femoral head core decompression which is used to decrease the intraosseous pressure and promote vascular tissue ingrowth. There are two common techniques of core decompression that show similar clinical success. The objective of this study is to assess the difference in femoral neck strength between the single large bore core decompression and multiple small bore core decompression techniques.

subject

Anatomical Geometry

Avascular Necrosis

Bone Mineral Density

Core Decompression

Femoral Neck

Stress Normalization

contributor

Stitzel, Joel D (committee chair)

Smith, Thomas L (committee member)

Lang, Jason E (committee member)

date

2012-01-18T09:35:29Z (accessioned)

2013-01-18T09:30:08Z (available)

2011 (issued)

degree

Biomedical Engineering (discipline)

embargo

2013-01-18 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36428 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis