Evaluation of Constant Thickness Cartilage Models vs. Patient Specific Cartilage Models for an Optimized Computer-Assisted Planning of Periacetabular Osteotomy

Li Liu; Timo Michael Ecker; Steffen Schumann; Klaus-Arno Siebenrock; Guoyan Zheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146452

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Evaluation of Constant Thickness Cartilage Models vs. Patient Specific Cartilage Models for an Optimized Computer-Assisted Planning of Periacetabular Osteotomy

Li Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Liu, Timo Michael Ecker

* E-mail: li.liu@istb.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland
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Timo Michael Ecker ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Liu, Timo Michael Ecker

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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Steffen Schumann,

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland
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Klaus-Arno Siebenrock,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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Guoyan Zheng

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland
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Evaluation of Constant Thickness Cartilage Models vs. Patient Specific Cartilage Models for an Optimized Computer-Assisted Planning of Periacetabular Osteotomy

Li Liu,
Timo Michael Ecker,
Steffen Schumann,
Klaus-Arno Siebenrock,
Guoyan Zheng

Published: January 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146452

About the Authors

Li Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Liu, Timo Michael Ecker

* E-mail: li.liu@istb.unibe.ch

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland

Timo Michael Ecker

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Liu, Timo Michael Ecker

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Steffen Schumann

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland

Klaus-Arno Siebenrock

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Guoyan Zheng

Affiliation Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, CH-3014, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GZ LL TME KAS. Performed the experiments: LL. Analyzed the data: LL TME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL SS. Wrote the paper: LL TME GZ. Designed the software used in analysis: LL SS.

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