Research Article

Computer-Assisted Optimization of the Acetabular Rotation in Periacetabular Osteotomy Using Patient’s Anatomy-Specific Finite Element Analysis

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Procedure of the virtual PAO surgery: (a) 3-D reconstruction of the patient’s pelvis, (b) superposition of the sphere () on the periphery of the acetabulum for osteotomy, (c) Boolean process to cut the pelvis and the acetabulum, and (d) 3-D rotation of the osteotomized acetabulum.