Intraoperative Measurement With a Smartphone App That Improves the Accuracy of Derotational Osteotomies

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Andrés Ferreyra
Ramiro Olleac
Julio Javier Masquijo

Abstract

Smartphone technology has created new opportunities to incorporate medical technology into daily clinical practice. Accurate intraoperative measurement of the desired derotation angle is a frequent challenge for the surgeon when performing derotational osteotomies. Divergent pins are commonly used proximal and distal to the osteotomy, which after derotation should remain parallel. However, the measurement of the derotation angle is usually performed by visual estimation, which could be unreliable. The aim of this study is to describe a technical detail that combines the application of divergent pins with intraoperative measurement by mobile phone to improve the accuracy of derotational osteotomies.

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Ferreyra, A., Olleac, R., & Masquijo, J. J. (2021). Intraoperative Measurement With a Smartphone App That Improves the Accuracy of Derotational Osteotomies. Revista De La Asociación Argentina De Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 86(6), 858-861. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.6.1283
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Andrés Ferreyra, Child Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina

Child Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina

Ramiro Olleac, Child Orthopedics Service, Hospital de Clínicas “Presidente Dr. Nicolás Avellaneda”, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Child Orthopedics Service, Hospital de Clínicas “Presidente Dr. Nicolás Avellaneda”, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Julio Javier Masquijo, Child Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina

Child Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina

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