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Abstract
Orthopaedic surgeons often experience a mismatch between perceived intra-operative and radiographic acetabular cup orientation. This research aimed to assess the impact of pelvic orientation and surgical positioning technique on operative and radiographic cup orientation. Radiographic orientations for two surgical approaches were computationally simulated: a mechanical alignment guide and a transverse acetabular ligament approach, both in combination with different pelvic orientations. Positional errors were defined as the difference between the target radiographic orientation and that achieved. The transverse acetabular ligament method demonstrated smaller positional errors for radiographic version; 4.0° ± 2.9° as compared to 9.4° ± 7.3° for the mechanical alignment guide method. However, both methods resulted in similar errors in radiographic inclination. Multiple regression analysis showed that intraoperative pelvic rotation about the anterior-posterior axis was a strong predictor for these errors (BTAL = −0.893, BMAG = −0.951, p < 0.01). Application of the transverse acetabular ligament method can reduce errors in radiographic version. However, if the orthopaedic surgeon is referencing off the theatre floor to control inclination when operating in lateral decubitus, this is only reliable if the pelvic sagittal plane is horizontal. There is currently no readily available method for ensuring that this is the case during total hip replacement surgery.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Medical Engineering and Physics |
Early online date | 09 Jan 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Early online date - 09 Jan 2019 |
Keywords
- Acetabular component inclination
- Mechanical alignment guide
- Pelvic orientation
- Transverse acetabular ligament
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biomedical Engineering
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R2935MEE: Measurement and control of pelvic orientation during totap hip arthroplasty
Lennon, A. (PI) & Dunne, N. (CoI)
01/08/2012 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research
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Pelvic Positioning and Acetabular Orientation in Total Hip Replacement
Rutherford, M. (Author), Lennon, A. (Supervisor), Dunne, N. (Supervisor), Beverland, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, J. (Supervisor), 2019Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Alex Lennon
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