title: Intraoperative rotational measuring device: a new device to achieve accuracy in corrective osteotomy of malrotated femur.
abstract: A new derotation device for corrective femoral osteotomy is reported. This device helps eliminate errors of undercorrection and overcorrection in derotational osteotomies of femurs with torsional deformities. A prototype of the intraoperative rotational measuring device was tested on 16 cadaver femurs. This experiment conclusively demonstrated that this simple device is easy to use and a mathematical precision (P < 0.05) is accomplished in rotational corrections by surgical means.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pulisetti
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ebraheim
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Haman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tirumalasetti
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Punjala
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015982:Bias; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D001864:Bone Wires; D002102:Cadaver; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011187:Posture; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012399:Rotation; D014102:Torsion Abnormality