ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2021
Does 3D-Assisted Acetabular Fracture Surgery Improve Surgical Outcome and Physical Functioning?-A Systematic Review.
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- 3D virtual surgical planning of fractures in hip arthrodesis: a systematic review, case series and recommendations for treatment.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Pooled it
- Functional outcome of 2-D- and 3-D-guided corrective forearm osteotomies: a systematic review.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes of internal iliosciatic fixation using a conventional reconstruction plate via an anterior approach for acetabular fractures involving the posterior column.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2026Article
- Navigation and intraoperative imaging in pelvic and acetabular trauma.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2025Article
- Pre-contoured Plate Fit Assessment for Acetabular Fractures.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- [3D printing/implants in traumatology].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Automatic virtual reconstruction of acetabular fractures using a statistical shape model.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- Semi-automated finite element analyses of surgically treated acetabular fractures to investigate the biomechanical behaviour of patient-specific compared to conventional implants.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Computer-Assisted Intramedullary Nailing of Intertrochanteric Fractures Did Not Prevent Tip-Apex Distance Outliers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Single pararectus approach combined with three-dimensional guidance for the treatment of acetabular fracture.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2023Article
- Both-Column Acetabular Fractures: Does Surgical Approach Vary Based on Using Virtual 3D Reconstructions?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Quantitative Three-Dimensional Measurements of Acetabular Fracture Displacement Could Be Predictive for Native Hip Survivorship.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Does 3D Printing-Assisted Acetabular or Pelvic Fracture Surgery Shorten Hospitalization Durations among Older Adults?Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Three-dimensional technology is increasingly being used in acetabular fracture treatment. No systematic reviews are available about the added clinical value of 3D-assisted acetabular fracture surgery compared to conventional surgery. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether 3D-assisted acetabular fracture surgery compared to conventional surgery improves surgical outcomes in terms of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative fluoroscopy usage, complications, and postoperative fracture reduction, and whether it improves physical functioning. Pubmed and Embase databases were searched for articles on 3D technologies in acetabular fracture surgery, published between 2010 and February 2021. The McMaster critical review form was used to assess the methodological quality. Differences between 3D-assisted and conventional surgery were evaluated using the weighted mean and odds ratios. Nineteen studies were included. Three-dimensional-assisted surgery resulted in significantly shorter operation times (162.5 ± 79.0 versus 296.4 ± 56.0 min), less blood loss (697.9 ± 235.7 mL versus 1097.2 ± 415.5 mL), and less fluoroscopy usage (9.3 ± 5.9 versus 22.5 ± 20.4 times). The odds ratios of complications and fracture reduction were 0.5 and 0.4 for functional outcome in favour of 3D-assisted surgery, respectively. Three-dimensional-assisted surgery reduces operation time, intraoperative blood loss, fluoroscopy usage, and complications. Evidence for the improvement of fracture reduction and functional outcomes is limited.
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