%0 Journal Article
%@ 1940-5480
%A Henckel, J
%A Holme, TJ
%A Radford, W
%A Skinner, JA
%A Hart, AJ
%D 2018
%F discovery:10059505
%I LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
%J Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
%N 16
%P E342-E348
%T 3D-printed Patient-specific Guides for Hip Arthroplasty
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059505/
%V 26
%X Surgeons and engineers constantly search for methods to improve the  surgical positioning of implants used for joint arthroplasty. Rapid  prototyping is being used to develop patient-specific instrumentation  (PSI) and has already been successfully translated into large-scale  clinical use for knee arthroplasty. PSI has been used in shoulder  arthroplasty; however, it is not yet known whether PSI provides  improved accuracy and outcomes compared with conventional  methods in either shoulder arthroplasty or knee arthroplasty. In the hip,  PSI has been limited to the positioning of custom-manufactured  implants and a small number of surgeons testingthe emerging solutions  from different manufacturers. Early results indicate consistent accurate  positioning of implants with the use of PSI in hip arthroplasty but with  added costs and uncertain effect on clinical outcomes.
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