Open AccessThe External Obturator Footprint Is a Usable, Accurate, and Reliable Landmark for Stem Depth in Direct Anterior THA
Author(s) -
Georges Vles,
Alexander Meynen,
Jef De Mulder,
Stijn Ghijselings
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001799
Subject(s) - medicine , landmark , radiography , orthodontics , fluoroscopy , footprint , cadaver , surgery , artificial intelligence , paleontology , computer science , biology
Previous CT and cadaver studies have suggested that the external obturator footprint might be used as a landmark for stem depth in direct anterior THA. Instructions on where to template this structure with small variability in height have been developed but have not been tested in daily clinical practice.