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Anterior pelvic plane estimation for total hip arthroplasty using a joint ultrasound and statistical shape model based approach

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Orienting properly the prosthetic cup in total hip arthroplasty is key to ensure the postoperative stability. Several navigation solutions have been developed to assist surgeons in orienting the cup regarding the anterior pelvic plane (APP), defined by both anterior superior iliac spines (ASIS) and the pubic symphysis. However acquiring the APP when the patient is ready for surgery, i.e., mainly in lateral decubitus, is difficult due to the contralateral ASIS being against the operating table. We propose a method to determine the APP from both (1) alternative anatomical landmarks which are easy to acquire with a navigated ultrasound probe and (2) a Statistical Shape Model (SSM) of the pelvis. After creating a pelvic SSM from 40 data, a SSM-based morphometric analysis has been carried out to identify the best anatomical landmarks allowing the easy determination of the APP. The proposed method has then been assessed with both in silico and in vivo experiments on respectively forty synthetic data, and five healthy volunteers. The in silico experiment shows the feasibility to determine the APP with an average error of 4.7∘ by only acquiring the iliac crest, the anterior superior iliac spine, the anterior inferior iliac spine, and the pubic symphysis. The average in vivo error using the ultrasound modality was 7.3∘ with an estimated impact on both the cup anteversion and inclination of 4.0∘ and 1.7∘ respectively. The proposed method shows promising results that could allow the determination of the APP in lateral decubitus with a clinically acceptable impact on the computation of the cup orientation.

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We would like to thank the PLaTIMed platform for the access to the equipment allowing us to perform the in vivo experiments (www.platimed.fr).

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This study received funding from the endowment fund INNOVEO of the University Hospital of Brest and the Brittany region.

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    Aziliz Guezou-Philippe, Guillaume Dardenne, Hoel Letissier, Agathe Yvinou, Valérie Burdin, Eric Stindel & Christian Lefèvre

  2. CHU, Brest, France

    Aziliz Guezou-Philippe, Guillaume Dardenne, Hoel Letissier, Agathe Yvinou, Eric Stindel & Christian Lefèvre

  3. University of Western Brittany, Brest, France

    Aziliz Guezou-Philippe, Hoel Letissier, Agathe Yvinou, Eric Stindel & Christian Lefèvre

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Guezou-Philippe, A., Dardenne, G., Letissier, H. et al. Anterior pelvic plane estimation for total hip arthroplasty using a joint ultrasound and statistical shape model based approach. Med Biol Eng Comput 61, 195–204 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-022-02681-2

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