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Karl-Heinz Widmer

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PubMed2004

A simplified method to determine acetabular cup anteversion from plain radiographs.

Plain radiographs are the most important diagnostic means for determining the indication and following up on total hip arthroplasty. The acetabular cup position can be easily determined by applying trigonometric functions. This report presents an even simpler method. The short axis of the projected ellipse is measured and related to the total cross-section of the projected cup along the short axis. This relationship correlates with acetabular cup anteversion angles and represents an inverse sinus function. A close linear correlation is seen within the most common interval from 10 degrees to 30 degrees. Anteversion is between 23 degrees to 24 degrees when the ellipse bisects the total acetabular cross-section. This means that simply measuring the length of the short ellipse axis and the total length of the projected cross-section along the short axis provides the radiographic acetabular anteversion. Nonorthogonal projected radiographs should be corrected first.

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PubMed2004

Joint replacement-total hip replacement with CT-based navigation.

UNLABELLED: Correct orientation of the cup optimizes the range of motion of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and reduces the risk of dislocation, wear, impingement,and pelvic osteolysis. Therefore, CT-based navigation is used to position the acetabular cup precisely in a planned orientation relative to predefined bony landmarks in order to increase the function and longevity of THA. METHODS: Fourteen patients were operated on using CT-based navigation for acetabular cup positioning. After scanning the patient's pelvis in a preoperative CT, a3-D plan was developed before surgery. Intraoperatively, the CT/3-D model is registered to coincide with the actual position of the patient on the operating table. RESULTS: Mean time for surgery increased by an average of 46 minutes and mean blood loss increased by 140 ml. Positioning of the cup was optimized, ie, it was close to the predefined target. There were no complications related to the use of CT-based navigation. Due to some technical failures at the beginning, two operations were completed manually. CONCLUSION: CT-based navigation greatly enhanced the precision of cup positioning,thus eliminating malpositioning. Although CT-based navigation does support the surgeon in controlling cup orientation, it increases time for surgery, blood loss, radiation of the patient, and total costs of the whole procedure. Furthermore,navigation of the acetabular cup alone is not sufficient for optimizing the range of motion in THA.

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PubMed2004

C-arm based navigation in total hip arthroplasty-background and clinical experience.

After experimental and preclinical evaluation of a CT-free image guided surgical navigation system for acetabular cup placement, the system was introduced into clinical routine. The computation of the angular orientation of the cup is based on reference coordinates from the anterior pelvic plane concept. A hybrid strategy for pelvic landmark acquisition has been introduced, involving percutaneous pointer-based digitization with the noninvasive bi-planar landmark reconstruction using multiple registered fluoroscopy images. From January 2001 to October 2003, a total of 236 consecutive patients (mean age 66 years, 144 male, 92 female, 124 left and 112 right hip joints) were operated on with the hybrid CT-free navigation system. During each operation, the angular orientation of the inserted implant was recorded. To determine the placement accuracy of the acetabular components, the first 50 consecutive patients underwent a CT scan 7-10 days postoperatively to analyze the cup position relative to the anterior pelvic plane. This procedure was done blinded and with commercial planning software. There was no significant learning curve observed for the use of the system. Mean values for postoperative inclination read 42 degrees (SD 3.6, range (37-49)) and anteversion 21 degrees (SD 3.9, range (10-28)). The resulting system accuracy, ie, the difference between intraoperatively calculated cup orientation and postoperatively measured implant position shows a maximum error of 5 degrees for the inclination (mean 1.5 degrees, SD 1.1) and 6 degrees for the anteversion (mean 2.4 degrees, SD 1.3). An accuracy of better than 5 degrees inclination and 6 degrees anteversion was achieved under clinical conditions, which implies that there is no significant difference in performance from the established CT-based navigation methods. Image-guided CT-free cup navigation provides a reliable solution for future total hip arthroplasty (THA).

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PubMed2002

A hybrid CT-free navigation system for total hip arthroplasty.

OBJECTIVE: To design and evaluate a novel CT-free image-guided surgical navigation system for assisting placement of both acetabular and femoral components in total hip arthroplasty (THA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The methodology in this paper is conceptually based on our previous work on CT-free cup placement. For femoral component placement, two patient-specific reference coordinate systems are first defined: One for the pelvis, based on the so-called anterior pelvic plane (APP) concept, and one for the femur, using the center of the femoral head, the posterior condylar tangential line, and the medullary canal axis of the proximal femur. A hybrid method is used for the associated landmark acquisition, which involves percutaneous point-based digitization and bi-planar landmark reconstruction using multiple registered fluoroscopy images. The following clinical parameters are computed in real time: cup inclination and anteversion, antetorsion and varus/valgus of the stem, lateralization, and change in leg length for complete THA. In addition, instrument actions such as reaming, impaction, and rasping are visualized for the surgeon by superimposing virtual instrument representations onto the fluoroscopic images. RESULTS: A laboratory study of computer-assisted measurement of antetorsion and varus/valgus, change in leg length, and lateralization for femoral stem placement demonstrated the high precision of the proposed navigation system. Compared with CT-based measurement, mean deviations of 1.0 degrees, 0.6 degrees, 0.7 mm, and 1.7 mm were found for antetorsion, varus/valgus, change in leg length, and lateralization, respectively, with standard deviations of 0.5 degrees, 0.5 degrees, 0.6 mm, and 0.7 mm, respectively. A pilot clinical evaluation showed that THA could benefit from this newly developed CT-free hybrid system. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed CT-free hybrid system promises to increase the accuracy and reliability of THA surgery.

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