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Pelvic Tilt Reduces the Accuracy of Acetabular Component Placement When Using a Portable Navigation System: An
Hiroshi Asai1, Yasuhiko Takegami1, Taisuke Seki1
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Background:
A portable navigation system (PNS) was recently introduced. The PNS enables surgeons to place the acetabular component accurately. While the margin of the error for the cup abduction and anteversion was larger than the values obtained from a computed tomography-based navigation system. We hypothesized that the accuracy of the PNS might be affected by pelvic tilt.
Material And Methods:
A bone substitute model of the pelvis was used in this in vitro study. We set the acetabular component using PNS. We set the acetabular component angle after changing the sagittal, coronal, and axial pelvic tilt. We calculated the difference between the angle displayed on the PNS display and the actual angle of the acetabular component. The difference in inclination angle was defined as ΔRI, and the difference in the anteversion angle was defined as ΔRA. We evaluated the trends in this ΔRI and ΔRA due to the pelvic tilt.
Results:
In this in vitro study, the placement of the acetabular component was accurate in the neutral position; ΔRI was 0.5 ± 0.7° and ΔRA was 1.0 ± 0.7°. Sagittal pelvic tilt and axial pelvic tilt increased both the ΔRA and ΔRI (P = .017). Coronal tilt increased ΔRI but did not change ΔRA.
Conclusions:
While the PNS may enable surgeons to place accurate component placement in the neutral position, its accuracy decreased by pelvic tilt. The surgeons should use a solid pelvic lateral positioner for reducing discrepancies in pelvic tilt when using the PNS in the lateral decubitus position.
