Pre-operative planning has always been considered as an integral part of total hip replacement (THR). Accurate preoperative planning improves the procedure’s precision, shortens its duration and reduces the incidence of prosthesis loosening. As well, it lowers the risk of periprosthetic fracture, helps the restoration of femoral offset and leg length in hip arthroplasty, facilitates the optimization of alignment and ensures that the required implants are available while minimizing the costs and complications. Preoperative planning is mandatory to prevent pitfalls of the surgical performance and to obtain a long lasting survival of the implant.
PREOPERATIVE PLANNING
SOLARINO, Giuseppe;G. Vicenti;MORETTI, Biagio
2013-01-01
Abstract
Pre-operative planning has always been considered as an integral part of total hip replacement (THR). Accurate preoperative planning improves the procedure’s precision, shortens its duration and reduces the incidence of prosthesis loosening. As well, it lowers the risk of periprosthetic fracture, helps the restoration of femoral offset and leg length in hip arthroplasty, facilitates the optimization of alignment and ensures that the required implants are available while minimizing the costs and complications. Preoperative planning is mandatory to prevent pitfalls of the surgical performance and to obtain a long lasting survival of the implant.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
