Research Article

Clinical Validation of Computer-Assisted Navigation in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Table 1

Acetabular cup inclination (inc) and anteversion (ant) using postoperative CT-scan and AP radiograph images from 9 patients after THA.

Cup orientation values—Patient no.Planned (pre-op) cup orientation (inc/ant)Per-op cup orientation (Navitrack system readings) (inc/ant)Postop CT-scan (inc/ant) Δ between postop CT-scan and per-op reading (inc/ant)Postop AP radiograph reading (inc/ant) Δ between AP radiograph and postop CT-scan (inc/ant)

Patient 1 4 6 / 2 0 4 4 / 2 9 4 3 / 2 7 −1/−245/232/−4
Patient 2 4 6 / 2 0 4 5 / 2 2 4 7 / 2 1 2/−147/240/3
Patient 3 4 5 / 2 0 4 2 / 2 6 4 2 / 2 4 0/−246/284/4
Patient 4 5 0 / 2 5 5 2 / 2 4 5 0 / 2 2 −2/−252/242/2
Patient 5 4 9 / 2 5 5 0 / 2 3 4 7 / 2 0 −3/−350/233/3
Patient 6 4 5 / 2 1 4 3 / 2 5 4 1 / 2 3 −2/−243/232/0
Patient 7 4 8 / 2 2 4 6 / 3 0 4 3 / 3 0 −3/043/270/−3
Patient 8 5 1 / 2 3 6 0 / 2 5 5 6 / 2 5 −4/053/18−3/−7
Patient 9 4 7 / 2 2 4 6 / 2 2 3 9 / 2 4 −7/237/20−2/−4

Inclination Anteversion 𝟒 𝟕 ± 𝟐 𝟒 𝟕 ± 𝟔 𝟒 𝟓 ± 𝟓 𝟐 . 𝟕 ± 𝟐 𝟒 𝟔 ± 𝟓 𝟐 . 𝟎 ± 𝟏 . 𝟑
𝟐 𝟐 ± 𝟐 𝟐 𝟓 ± 𝟑 𝟐 𝟒 ± 𝟑 𝟏 . 𝟔 ± 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 ± 𝟑 𝟑 . 𝟑 ± 𝟏 . 𝟗
(Average ± SD)