Fonseca, Pedro and Goethel, Márcio Fagundes and Vilas-Boas, João Paulo and Gutierres, Manuel and Correia, Miguel Velhote (2024) The Effect of the TiO2 Anodization Layer in Pedicle Screw Conductivity: An Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Approach. Bioengineering, 11 (7). p. 634. ISSN 2306-5354
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Abstract
The electrical stimulation of pedicle screws is a technique used to ensure its correct placement within the vertebrae pedicle. Several authors have studied these screws’ electrical properties with the objective of understanding if they are a potential source of false negatives. As titanium screws are anodized with different thicknesses of a high electrical resistance oxide (TiO2), this study investigated, using analytical, numerical, and experimental methods, how its thickness may affect pedicle screw’s resistance and conductivity. Analytical results have demonstrated that the thickness of the TiO2 layer does result in a significant radial resistance increase (44.21 mΩ/nm, for Ø 4.5 mm), and a decrease of conductivity with layers thicker than 150 nm. The numerical approach denotes that the geometry of the screw further results in a decrease in the pedicle screw conductivity, especially after 125 nm. Additionally, the experimental results demonstrate that there is indeed an effective decrease in conductivity with an increase in the TiO2 layer thickness, which is also reflected in the screw’s total resistance. While the magnitude of the resistance associated with each TiO2 layer thickness may not be enough to compromise the ability to use anodized pedicle screws with a high-voltage electrical stimulator, pedicle screws should be the subject of more frequent electrical characterisation studies.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Euro Archives > Multidisciplinary |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2024 06:30 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jun 2024 06:30 |
URI: | http://publish7promo.com/id/eprint/4806 |