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      <Title language="en">Statistical shape modelling of the intramedullary femoral canal defines femoral stem orientation</Title>
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      <DatePublished>20251031</DatePublished>
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        <MeetingCorporation>Deutsche Gesellschaft f&#252;r Orthop&#228;die und Unfallchirurgie</MeetingCorporation>
        <MeetingCorporation>Deutsche Gesellschaft f&#252;r Orthop&#228;die und Orthop&#228;dische Chirurgie</MeetingCorporation>
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        <MeetingTitle>Deutscher Kongress f&#252;r Orthop&#228;die und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2025)</MeetingTitle>
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      <MainHeadline>Text</MainHeadline><Pgraph><Mark1>Objectives: </Mark1>Multiple studies have identified a discrepancy between femoral neck version (FNV) and prosthetic femoral version (PFV) after uncemented total hip replacement (THR). Despite this, FNV remains a key parameter&#47;variable considered in three-dimensional (3D) surgical planning. While the proximal femoral canal shape influences femoral component positioning, its morphology is rarely accounted for.</Pgraph><Pgraph>We aimed to better understand the shape features of and differences between the canal and external proximal femur. </Pgraph><Pgraph>Our objectives were to: 1. Build sex-specific statistical shape models (SSMs) on femoral canals and cortices to identify key shape variations; 2. Compare the main anatomical variables between these models.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Material and methods: </Mark1>This single-center retrospective study used 80 (40 male, 40 female) pre-operative pelvic CT scans of osteoarthritic patients who underwent THR. The femoral canal and proximal femur were segmented using medical image processing software.</Pgraph><Pgraph>Each dataset was standardised for length and a standard surgical coordinate system was defined before shape alignment. Four SSMs were built: sex-specific models for both the internal and external anatomy. For each model a point mapping tool aligned each input surface to a computed mean shape.</Pgraph><Pgraph>Principal Component Analysis identified shape variation patterns, described using a finite number of principal components (PCs). </Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Outcome measures: </Mark1>Cumulative variance captured by the first 5 PCs in each model.</Pgraph><Pgraph>Key anatomical variations identified in each model.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Results: </Mark1>In males, the first 5 PCs explained 85&#37; and 88&#37; of the variance in the femoral canal and proximal femur shape, respectively. In females, the first 5 PCs explained 88&#37; and 92&#37;, respectively.</Pgraph><Pgraph>Common variations in all models included size, torsion (version), varus&#47;valgus alignment, and prominence of the greater trochanter. The external anatomy also revealed changes in the neck shaft angle (NSA) and femoral neck length.</Pgraph><Pgraph>In males, PC1 of the external anatomy SSM showed FNV and varus&#47;valgus changes, while the internal model showed only the latter, suggesting FNV changes do not necessarily reflect intramedullary version changes (Figure 1 <ImgLink imgNo="1" imgType="figure" />).</Pgraph><Pgraph>Similarly, in females, PC2 of the external anatomy SSM showed NSA and varus&#47;valgus alignment changes, while the corresponding PC in the internal model revealed torsional changes.</Pgraph><Pgraph><Mark1>Discussion and conclusions: </Mark1>Surgeons have limited control over femoral stem positioning in uncemented THR, as the canal&#8217;s twist and bow guide its final orientation. Our SSMs show the internal and external femoral shapes differ. Key anatomical features include size, torsion and varus&#47;valgus alignment. THR planning should consider these rather than relying solely on FNV.</Pgraph></TextBlock>
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