Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: General Orthopaedics
Abstract number: 25640
POSITION OF INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLANTS IN HIP SURGERY IN RELATION
TO VITAL STRUCTURES
Mahmoud HAFEZ 1 , Timour EL-HUSSEINI 2 , Amr Mohsen ALI 3
1 The Orthopaedic Unit, October 6 University, Cairo (EGYPT), 2 Ain Shams University,
Cairo (EGYPT), 3 Sheikh Zayed Specialized Hospital, Cairo (EGYPT)
The traditional training using textbooks, illustrations and cadaveric workshops can
not cope with the increasing demands of orthopaedic training. We now entered the
new era of electronic data manipulation used over broadband internet connection;
the relevant example is the Visible Human Project. The goal of the Visible Human
Project is to create "complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional
representations of the male and female human body. We used the web based server
to determine in 3D, the place of the instruments and implants such as screws
placement in Total hip replacement in different approaches of the hip joint. Using
different sections and cuts, showing how much these instruments and implants may
be endangering vital anatomical structures. Our study emphasizes the importance of
safe replacement of instruments and implants in different operative steps. Also, our
study illustrates the exact places of instruments and implants in relation to vital
structures in coronal, sagital and axial planes.
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