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General Orthopaedics

SMART MECHANICAL NAVIGATION: ASSURING CUP POSITION

The Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) Spring Meeting, Las Vegas, May 2017.



Abstract

Excellent outcomes following total hip arthroplasty require both optimal soft-tissue management and precise planning and placement of prosthetic components. The use of detailed and dynamic three-dimensional surgical plans combined with smart mechanical instruments for component placement facilitates precise and efficient surgery. Interest in these technologies has increased recently as surgeons and institutions are now responsible for poor outcomes in a growing percentage of the patient population.

Cloud-based, patient-specific planning allows the surgeon to review and refine and execute surgical plans efficiently (HipXpert System, Surgical Planning Associates, Boston, MA). The surgical plans include cup size, cup orientation, stem size, head length, femoral anteversion, and planned change in leg length and offset, all in relation to the patients bony anatomy in 3D and multiplanar views. The associated smart tool is adjusted specifically for that patient and when docked, provides orientation information to the surgeon.

The system has been proven to be robust, with repeated studies showing accurate cup placement in 100% of cases including by an independent study. This compares to a recent study of robotic methods that 88% of inclination and 84% for anteversion and to even greater inaccuracy of conventional surgery.

Cloud-based 3D planning combined with smart mechanical navigation of cup placement offers the optimum combination of accuracy, speed, and simplicity for solving the ubiquitous problems of component sizing, orientation, and version, offset, and leg length correction. Knowledge of component sizing pre-operatively can facility inventory management and allows the surgery team to better anticipate the surgeon's goals during the procedure.