Fracture fixation and healing: The impact of computational modelling
3rd March 2026, 19:00 to 20:00 GMT
Overview
Osteosynthesis aims to ensure stability and provide mechanical stimuli promoting bone healing. However, fixation failure and nonunion remain significant clinical challenges. Finite element simulations offer advanced insights into these complications and help identify improvement strategies to reduce associated risks. Novel implantable sensors enable in vivo validation of the in silico tools. Validated computer simulations show strong potential for improving implant design, patient‑specific treatment planning, and surgical decision‑making.
Moreover, computational simulations are used in the interactive online tool OSapp (https://osapp.aofoundation.org/) to explain the biomechanical principles of osteosynthesis, enhancing surgical education and improving understanding to ultimately foster better outcomes. This webinar will provide an overview on these computational tools and their impact on fracture fixation and healing.
Aims
This webinar aims to provide an overview of how validated computational tools can:
- offer insights into remaining challenges of fracture care including fixation failures and healing complications
- optimize treatment strategies using in silico trials and
- contribute to surgical education of the biomechanical principles of osteosynthesis.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, the participant should be able to understand how computer simulations can improve fracture care and surgical education.
Panellists
Our panellists include:
PD Peter Varga, PhD
PD Dr Peter Varga is the Leader of Biomedical Development Program at the AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland. He received his PhD in bone biomechanics from TUWien and worked as Post-Doc and Principal Investigator at the Julius Wolff Institute at the Charité UM Berlin. He is habilitated at the University of Bern and teaches as Privatdozent for Biomedical Engineering at the Medical Faculty. He is a Council Member of the European Society of Biomechanics.
Dr Varga's current research interests include the biomechanics of bone fractures, implant fixations and healing, with special focus on computer simulations.
Steve Giles
Steve Giles is a Consultant T&O surgeon based at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. His main interests are in the management of osteogenesis imperfecta and the broader aspects of paediatric limb reconstruction and is part of the Paediatric Limb Reconstruction Team in Sheffield.
CPD
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Recording
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