期刊
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
卷 44, 期 5, 页码 1734-1752出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1467-4
关键词
Multi-view stereo; Isogeometric analysis; Skin; Incompatibility; Prestrain; Growth
资金
- CONACyT Fellowship
- Stanford Graduate Fellowship
- DARE Doctoral Fellowship
- National Science Foundation CAREER award [CMMI 0952021]
- National Science Foundation INSPIRE Grant [1233054]
- National Institutes of Health Grant [U01 HL119578]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn [1233054] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Skin expansion is a common surgical technique to correct large cutaneous defects. Selecting a successful expansion protocol is solely based on the experience and personal preference of the operating surgeon. Skin expansion could be improved by predictive computational simulations. Towards this goal, we model skin expansion using the continuum framework of finite growth. This approach crucially relies on the concept of incompatible configurations. However, aside from the classical opening angle experiment, our current understanding of growth-induced incompatibilities remains rather vague. Here we visualize and characterize incompatibilities in living systems using skin expansion in a porcine model: We implanted and inflated two expanders, crescent, and spherical, and filled them to 225 cc throughout a period of 21 days. To quantify the residual strains developed during this period, we excised the expanded skin patches and subdivided them into smaller pieces. Skin growth averaged 1.17 times the original area for the spherical and 1.10 for the crescent expander, and displayed significant regional variations. When subdivided into smaller pieces, the grown skin patches retracted heterogeneously and confirmed the existence of incompatibilities. Understanding skin growth through mechanical stretch will allow surgeons to improve-and ultimately personalize-preoperative treatment planning in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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