Editorial · pages 177
Acetabular Profile and its Correlation in South Indian Population
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D. Ravichandran, N. Muthukumaravel, J. Prabakaran. Acetabular Profile and its Correlation in South Indian Population. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(4):177.
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Orthopaedic surgeons face great difficulty in placement of screws during uncemented total hip arthroplasty and fixation of acetabular fractures. The screws need to be placed with great care to avoid injury to the nearby neurovascular structures. Knowledge of the important structures and a preoperative determination of the length of the screw would help the orthopaedic surgeons to achieve adequate fixation and hence better results. Literature on the acetabular profile including the diameter and thickness of South Indian acetabuli are scarce.
Keywords
acetabular fractures, acetabular profile, screws, safe zone, N. Muthukumaravel**, J. Prabakaran*** *Department of Anatomy, VMKV Medical College