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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2021

Correction of complex three-dimensional deformities at the proximal femur using indirect reduction with angle blade plate and patient-specific instruments: a technical note.

Lukas Jud, Lazaros Vlachopoulos, Karl Grob

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Lukas JudDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland. lukas.jud@kssg.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-3927
Lazaros VlachopoulosDepartment of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland.
Karl GrobDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Kantonsspital St. Gallen · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

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Abstract

backgroundCorrective osteotomies for complex proximal femoral deformities can be challenging; wherefore, subsidies in preoperative planning and during surgical procedures are considered helpful. Three-dimensional (3D) planning and patient-specific instruments (PSI) are already established in different orthopedic procedures. This study gives an overview on this technique at the proximal femur and proposes a new indirect reduction technique using an angle blade plate.

methodsUsing computed tomography (CT) data, 3D models are generated serving for the preoperative 3D planning. Different guides are used for registration of the planning to the intraoperative situation and to perform the desired osteotomies with the following reduction task. A new valuable tool to perform the correction is the use of a combined osteotomy and implant-positioning guide, with indirect deformity reduction over an angle blade plate.

resultsAn overview of the advantages of 3D planning and the use of PSI in complex corrective osteotomies at the proximal femur is provided. Furthermore, a new technique with indirect deformity reduction over an angle blade plate is introduced.

conclusionUsing 3D planning and PSI for complex corrective osteotomies at the proximal femur can be a useful tool in understanding the individual deformity and performing the aimed deformity reduction. The indirect reduction over the implant is a simple and valuable tool in achieving the desired correction, and concurrently, surgical exposure can be limited to a subvastus approach.

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FemurOsteotomyPatient-Specific ModelingPlastic Surgery ProceduresBone PlatesHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalTomography, X-Ray Computed3D printingCorrective osteotomyDeformity correctionHip osteotomy

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