Increased Accuracy of Acetabular Cup Positioning with an Automatic Impaction Device in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Hyeongmin Song, Chan Young Lee, Taek-Rim Yoon, Kyung-Soon Park · 2026
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Description
Hyeongmin Song and co-authors test a machine tool for hip replacement in a 2026 study. In hip replacement, a metal cup must sit in the pelvis socket at the right angles. Hand hammering can vary in force and block the surgeon's view at key moments. The study compares hand work with a powered device that drives the cup in.
Records covered primary hip replacements done with each method at one center. Cups placed with the powered device landed in the target angle zone more often. That edge held across all six ways the team measured cup tilt. One dislocation occurred in the hand group, but the gap in problems after surgery was not clear.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hyeongmin Song, Chan Young Lee, Taek-Rim Yoon, Kyung-Soon Park |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |