A clinical study of HoloSight Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Robot-assisted infra-acetabular screw placement for acetabular fractures

Abstract

To investigate the effectiveness of HoloSight Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Robot-assisted infra-acetabular screw placement for treatment of acetabular fractures. The clinical data of 23 patients with acetabular fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation and infra-acetabular screw placement in two medical centers between June 2022 and October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the the method of infra-acetabular screw placement, the patients were divided into navigation group (10 cases, using HoloSight Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Robot-assisted screw placement) and freehand group (13 cases, using traditional X-ray fluoroscopy to guide screw placement). There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, cause of injury, time from injury to operation, and Judet-Letournel classification between the two groups ( P>0.05). The time of infra-acetabular screw placement, the fluoroscopy frequency, the guide pin adjustment times, the quality of screw placement, the quality of fracture reduction, and the function of hip joint were compared between the two groups. All patients completed the operation successfully. The time of screw placement, the fluoroscopy frequency, and guide pin adjustment times in the navigation group were significantly less than those in the freehand group ( P<0.05). The quality of screw placement in the navigation group was significantly better than that in the freehand group ( P<0.05). Patients in both groups were followed up 6-11 months, with an average of 7.7 months. There were 9 and 9 cases in the navigation group and the freehand group who achieved excellent and good fracture reduction quality at 1 week after operation, and 12 and 12 cases with excellent and good hip joint function at last follow-up, respectively, and there was no significant difference between the two groups ( P>0.05). The fractures in both groups healed well, and there was no significant difference in healing time ( P>0.05). During the follow-up, there was no complication related to screw placement, such as failure of internal fixation, vascular and nerve injury, incisional hernia. In the treatment of acetabular fractures, compared with the traditional freehand screw placement, the HoloSight Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Robot-assisted screw placement can reduce the time of screw placement, improve the accuracy of screw placement, and reduce the amount of radiation, which is an efficient, accurate, and safe surgical method.