Cutting behaviors of cortical bone ultrasonic vibration-assisted cutting immersed in physiological saline

Abstract

In orthopedic surgery, cortical bone cutting usually involves washing and cooling with physiological saline. However, how the saline changes the cutting behaviors of bone ultrasonic vibration cutting remains challenging. Hence, this paper simulates the clinical ultrasonic cutting condition in orthopedics to reveal the cutting behaviors of bone ultrasonic vibration orthogonal cutting immersed in physiological saline. The dynamic equation and motion process curves of ultrasonic cavitation bubbles were established. The results showed that the bone cutting immersed in physiological saline significantly improved the surface quality, reduced surface roughness and mechanical damage, and avoided large brittle cracks propagation. In saline immersed cutting, the physiological saline changes the mechanical behaviors of bone materials, resulting in plastic behaviors for the material removal and crack deflection. This study establishes the influence of physiological saline on the ultrasonic vibration cutting performance, providing guidance for orthopedic bone cutting surgery methods.