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Analysis of material parameter uncertainty propagation in preoperative flap suture simulation

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  • Xiaogang Ji
  • Huabin Li
  • Hao Gong
  • Guangquan Wen
  • Rong Sun

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Skin flap transplantation is the most commonly used method to repair tissue defect and cover the wound. In clinic, finite element method is often used to design the pre-operation scheme of flap suture. However, the material parameters of skin flap are uncertain due to experimental errors and differences in body parts. How to consider the influence of material parameter uncertainty on the mechanical response of flap suture in the finite element modeling is an urgent problem to be solved at present. Therefore, the influence of material parameter uncertainty propagation in skin flap suture simulation was studied, Firstly, the geometric model of clinical patient’s hand wound was constructed by using reverse modeling technology, the patient’s three-dimensional wound was unfolded into a flat surface by using curved surface expansion method, yielding a preliminary design contour for the patient’s transplant flap. Based on the acquired patient wound geometry model, the finite element model of flap suture with different fiber orientations and different sizes was constructed in Abaqus, and the uncertainty propagation analysis method based on Monte Carlo simulation combined with surrogate model technology was further used to analyze the stress response of flap suture considering the uncertainty of material parameters. Results showed that the overall stress value was relatively lower when the average fiber orientation was 45°. which could be used as the optimal direction for the flap excision. when the preliminary design contour of the flap was scaled down within 90%, the stress value after flap suturing remained within a safe range.

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  • Xiaogang Ji & Huabin Li & Hao Gong & Guangquan Wen & Rong Sun, 2024. "Analysis of material parameter uncertainty propagation in preoperative flap suture simulation," Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(15), pages 2131-2144, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:gcmbxx:v:27:y:2024:i:15:p:2131-2144
    DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2023.2272009
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