Estudio del efecto de placas de fijación en fracturas de tibia proximal utilizando el método de elementos finitos

the influence of the fixation plates on the ostheosynthesis process of the 41-c1 tibia fracture is analysed in this research, by studying the fracture fragments displacements when a compressive load is applied. a cadaveric tibia and a synthetic tibia were experimentally and numerically compared. then, two different fem of fractured tibia were developed: with and without fixation plates, and compression loads were applied to both. kinematical restrictions were employed to simulate fixation plates. the model with fixation plates behaved like a rigid deformable body, while the model without plates collapses.