ARUP; ISBN: 978-0-9562121-5-3 - CMBBE 2012 - Cardiff University

Fig. 1:Dependent
and independent
variables
Fig. 2: Percentage of influence of the different factors on the output variables. Left:
Percentage of influence of the deferent factors on .. Right: Percentage of
influence of the different factors on .
Fig. 3: Effects of the different factors on
The maximal relative error between the two approximations was 2.1%. found by
FEA was 1.4 Mpa and the value found by the regression was 0.94 Mpa, which means a
relative error of 33%.
Fig. 5: Comparison of FEA (left) and regression
(right) of in the trachea of a patient.
5. DISCUSION
Fig. 6: Comparison of FEA (left) and regression
(right) of in the trachea of a patient.
The aims of the statistical study is to get a quantitative idea about the main input
variables and their effect on the tracheal movement and its stress state during
swallowing and after prosthetic insertion, which avoids the use of commercial programs
that, although more accurate, are expensive and complex to use by surgeons. This work
provides them a simple, fast and efficient tool to help them planning surgical prosthetic
implantation in an optimal way and reduced time.