Conversion of the Sagittal Functional Safe Zone to the Coronal Plane Using a Mathematical Algorithm: The Reason for Failure of the Lewinnek Safe Zone.

Hao TangYongqiang Zhao Siyuan Wang Zhuyi Ma Ya Li Hongwei Shi Yixin Zhou

Published in: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume (2022)

The Lewinnek safe zone fails because it cannot predict the functional orientation of the cup. The concept of a universal safe zone of cup orientation should be abandoned and replaced by a patient-specific surgical target.

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machine learning
deep learning