title: [Standardized analysis of acetabulum cup migration in hip endoprosthesis using digital image processing].
abstract: Measurement of the migration of the acetabular component following total hip replacement seems to be a useful method of early detection of aseptic loosening. The methods used so far for migration analysis are either too time-consuming or too elaborate in terms of the technical equipment required, and are therefore not suitable for use in day-to-day clinical practice. Analysis software based on the methods described by Nunn and Sutherland was developed with the aid of digitized conventional radiographs of the pelvis. It allows a planar migration measurement including cup inclination following manual marking of only five reference points on a computer screen. A correction for projection enlargement and rotational malpositioning of the patient is performed. All results are stored in a data bank and automatically compared with those recorded at previous follow-ups. Five different acetabular cups were analysed by a conventional and by a digital method for calculation of intra-observer variability. The standard deviation (SD) for horizontal and vertical migration was 0.2-0.4 mm and that for inclination angle 0.8-1.4 degrees with digital evaluation. For manual measurement the SD was 0.4-0.8 mm for migration and 0.8-1.2 degrees for inclination. A pelvis phantom was measured in nine different positions (neutral, 5 degrees and 10 degrees cranial and caudal inclination, 5 degrees and 10 degrees rotation to each side). Four different acetabular cup design were examined, each of which yielded a series of nine measurements. Within these series the SD for biplanar distances varied between 0.1 mm and 1.2 mm and for inclination between 1.1 degree and 2.3 degrees. Intra-observer variability was negligible.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Abteilung des RKU, Orthopädische Klinik, Universität Ulm.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dickob
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bleher
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Puhl
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D012984:Software
vernacular_title: Standardisierte Pfannenwanderungsanalyse in der Hüftendoprothetik mittels digitaler Bildverarbeitung.