title: [Three-dimensional computer reconstruction of the pelvic and hip area in the preoperative planning of orthopedic interventions and surgical simulation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Osteotomies are elective operations which require exact pre-operative planing. Computer assisted three-dimensional planning of orthopedic procedures requires a three-dimensional reconstruction of the region of interest. To be applicable, such a three-dimensional reconstruction must be an accurate mathematical description of the region of interest, and not only a 3-D-image. The purpose of this study was to create such an accurate 3-D reconstruction.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a method to create an exact reconstruction from CT-data, from the data acquisition, contour determination by an algorithm, triangulation of the resulting data and reconstruction of the region of interest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The described method is a useful tool to obtain exact individual three-dimensional reconstructions of any skeletal region of interest. This makes pre-operative planning and simulation of the results of orthopedic procedures at the computer possible.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Friedrichsheim Frankfurt.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wassum
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scale
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009985:Orthopedics; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods