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In-vivo precision of a non-invasive ultrasound-based device to measure pelvic tilt for THA

4 pagesPublished: October 26, 2019

Abstract

The cup orientation plays a major role in the long-term implant stability following Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). Because of the patient specific spine-hip kinematics, the safe zone introduced by Lewinnek is more and more controversial. Several solutions have been recently developed to take into account such parameter for THA but are all either invasive, difficult to use or expensive. A non-invasive ultrasound (US) based device has been recently proposed which allows the acquisition of the pelvic tilt in different daily positions. The goal of this study is to analyze the in-vivo intra and inter-observer precision of this device. Measurements were realized by three physicians on three healthy subjects having a low, medium and high Body Mass Index (BMI). Among the three physicians, there were an expert, an intermediate, and a novice user. For each subject, the pelvic tilt was measured ten times by the three physicians in the supine, standing and sitting positions. The inter and intra-observer precisions have been analyzed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and according to the BMI, the positions and the user expertise level. The inter-observer precision was therefore excellent whatever the BMI. It was also excellent regarding the supine and the sitting positions and good concerning the standing position. The in-vivo intra-observer precision was excellent for all measurements and whatever the user’s expertise, the BMI and the positions. This study shows therefore that the precision of our system meets the clinical requirement. Introduction

Keyphrases: pelvic tilt, total hip arthroplasty, ultrasound

In: Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena (editors). CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, vol 3, pages 106-109.

BibTeX entry
@inproceedings{CAOS2019:vivo_precision_non_invasive,
  author    = {Guillaume Dardenne and Jean-Philippe Pluchon and Hoel Letissier and Aziliz Guezou-Philippe and Romain Gérard and Christian Lefèvre and Eric Stindel},
  title     = {In-vivo precision of a non-invasive ultrasound-based device to measure pelvic tilt for THA},
  booktitle = {CAOS 2019. The 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery},
  editor    = {Patrick Meere and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Health Sciences},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-5305},
  url       = {/publications/paper/8L3t},
  doi       = {10.29007/ql68},
  pages     = {106-109},
  year      = {2019}}
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