BACKGROUND Improvement in surgical devices and intraocular lenses has made modern cataract surgery a safe procedure with decreasing complication rates. Intraocular lens dislocation is a serious complication after cataract surgery. Although most dislocations occur during the first week postoperative period, late intraocular lens dislocation occurring 3 months or later post-surgery has been repor...

Computational aspects of the phase field simulations of dislocation nucleation and evolution are addressed. The complete system of equations for the coupled phase field approach to dislocation nucleation and evolution and nonlinear mechanics for large strains is formulated. Analytical solutions for a stationary and propagating single dislocation, dislocation velocity, core energy, and core widt...

Recurrent dislocation of the elbow is uncommon, but in the past three years eighteen cases have been discovered through the cooperation of colleagues in Liverpool, Birmingham and Oswestry. The pathology of this condition has not been well described nor is there a standard method of treatment. A study of the anatomy, mechanism of injury and clinical features suggested that there was a constant c...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown effective clinical results after arthroscopic Bankart repair (ABR) but have shown several risk factors for re-dislocation after surgery. We evaluated whether patients are at a risk for re-dislocation during the first year after ABR, examined the recurrence rate after ABR, and sought to identify new risk factors. METHODS We performed ABR using bioabsorbable...

Discrete dislocation dynamics (DD) simulations in conjunction with stereo and in situ straining transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) were used to study dislocation motion in thin Cu foils. Stereo imaging prior to and following in situ tensile straining is utilized to describe the three-dimensional (3D) evolution of dislocation structures with incremental straining and observation by TEM. Th...

We present a kinetic Monte Carlo method for simulating dislocation motion in alloys within the framework of the kink model. The model considers the glide of a dislocation in a static, three-dimensional solute atom atmosphere. It includes both a description of the short-range interaction between a dislocation core and the solute and long-range solute-dislocation interactions arising from the int...

Simple shear of a constrained strip is analyzed using both discrete dislocation plasticity and strain gradient crystal plasticity theory. Both single slip and symmetric double slip are considered. The loading is such that for a local continuum description of plastic flow the deformation state is one of homogeneous shear. In the discrete dislocation formulation the dislocations are all of edge c...

The interaction dynamics between dislocations and radiation induced sessile self-interstitial atom (SIA) dislocation loops in FCC metals are investigated. As a result of dislocation line flexibility, its equilibrium configuration is found to be sensitive to the elastic field of nearby SIA dislocation loops. Dislocation line flexibility also influences the critical stress to free trapped disloca...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Several mechanisms are responsible for patellar dislocation. We investigated how the primary pathomechanism relates to patient characteristics and the outcome. METHODS 126 patients (81 females) with primary patellar dislocation reported the knee position before the episode, the movement during it, and whether the patella was locked in dislocation. The median age was 20 ...