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. 2019 Dec 4;19(3):1015–1034. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01268-5

Table 8.

Laplace law

Value Unit Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3
infl. cont. infl. cont. infl. cont.
Min (kPa) − 573.01 − 336.46 − 515.86 − 635.81 − 416.53 − 381.09
Max (kPa) 2304.60 422.54 869.39 749.39 389.49 357.67
Mean (kPa) 21.01 25.51 19.92 28.16 30.93 33.69
SD (kPa) 20.51 17.02 24.47 19.92 25.21 20.01
σLa (kPa) 17.67 17.85 17.19 17.34 26.30 26.40

Patient cases. Comparison of FE-based mean principal stresses (minimal, maximal, mean, and standard deviation) with Laplace estimations (σLa), see Eqs. (16)–(18), for the inflated (infl.) and the fully contracted (cont.) state