Advancing computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery using a hexapod device for closed diaphyseal fracture reduction

Hailong Du, Lei Hu, Changsheng Li, Tianmiao Wang, Lu Zhao, Yang Li, Zhi Mao, Daohong Liu, Lining Zhang, Chunqing He, Licheng Zhang, Hongping Hou, Lihai Zhang, Peifu Tang*

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Abstract

Background: Surgical complications such as healing problems, in fractures treated using the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) technique, present functional and economic challenges to patients and treatment dilemmas for surgeons. Computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery using minimally invasive techniques focused on biological osteosynthesis is a novel direction for fracture treatment. Method: We modified the hexapod computer-assisted fracture reduction system by introducing a new reduction strategy, building a new system configuration and upgrading the corresponding software. We then validated the entire system, using a fracture model of bovine femur. Results: Precision tests were performed seven times on a bovine femur with a transverse fracture. Residual deviation was 1.23±0.60mm in axial deflection, 1.04±0.47mm in translation, 2.34±1.79° in angulation and 2.83±0.96° in rotation. Conclusion: Our new reduction system described here is detachable, flexible and more precise in coordinate transformations. The detachable, modular design will allow for more analogous applications in the future.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)348-359
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CAOS
  • Computer assisted orthopaedic surgery
  • Diaphyseal fracture
  • Hexapod

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