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Mechanics
Mechanics is fundamental to understanding the principles of Orthopaedic Surgery. Orthopaedic Surgeons are asked to solve problems using well-established guidelines. However, many issues need innovative solutions, and understanding how things work enables one to devise one's methods.
Why do these locking screws don't lock? It may be my fault.
Occasionally, implants do not function as we planned due to technical mistakes. In other instances, it may be because there are usage...
Christos Nikolaou
Apr 261 min read
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TTA - Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't - Explained
Watch the video of the post on our YouTube channel. The TTA is based on the assumption that the force from the femur to the tibia and...
Christos Nikolaou
Apr 218 min read
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Testing of Orthopaedic Implants: A Comprehensive Overview of Stakeholders and Processes
Orthopaedic implants are critical medical devices designed to restore function and alleviate pain for patients with musculoskeletal...
Christos Nikolaou
Apr 116 min read
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International Standards of testing orthopaedic implants
A consensus standard of testing serves as a guide, outlining requirements and methodologies to ensure consistency in test results across...
Christos Nikolaou
Apr 15 min read
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The kinematics and kinetics of pivot TPLO plates.
Lately, there has been a tendency to use TPLO plates with angled compression screws. Two such plates are the BioCurve by Movora and the...
Christos Nikolaou
Mar 241 min read
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How to calculate the rotation of the tibial plateau manually
Although most of the times we use charts which will show how much we need to move the proximal tibial fragment to achieve a tibial...
Christos Nikolaou
Mar 83 min read
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Joint contact reaction force - Part 2 - The intact stifle joint.
In the previous post , we became familiar with finding the reaction elements from a wall when a beam is fixed on it. We said that the...
Christos Nikolaou
Feb 173 min read
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Joint contact reaction force - Part 1
What is the stifle joint contact reaction force? From Newton’s third law, we know that for every action, there is an equal and opposite...
Christos Nikolaou
Feb 95 min read
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Joint reaction force – An introduction using the TPLO paradigm.
The joint reaction force is an essential concept in biomechanics. Researchers in human medicine want to know its magnitude to understand...
Christos Nikolaou
Feb 16 min read
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Elastic Osteosynthesis – The Energy approach.
In a previous post , we tried to explain the concept of elastic osteosynthesis as described in the veterinary literature by comparing the...
Christos Nikolaou
Jan 266 min read
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Elastic osteosynthesis - An Introduction
I haven’t spent more time on anything else during my biomechanical endeavours other than trying to justify why an elastic construct would...
Christos Nikolaou
Jan 207 min read
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