Anatomic bases of a new technique of juxta-acetabular osteotomy: Technical principles and performance

Abstract

Pelvic osteotomies were developed to increase or restructure the acetabular surface. Periacetabular osteotomies are considered the most difficult from the technical point of view and necessitate sufficient residual cartilaginous surface. Juxta-acetabular osteotomies avoid major disorganization of the pelvic framework and allow easier reorientation of the acetabulum. The authors present a technical variant that preserves the entire posterior column, as in the Ganz osteotomy. The effects on the vascularisation of the periacetabular region are strictly the same and there is no necrosis of the subchondral bone. This osteotomy is easier to perform, because of a single positioning associating two simultaneous approaches. The osteotomies are rectilinear and easy to check peroperatively by fluoroscopy thanks to this positioning. Another valuable aspect of this double approach consists of very easy correction of “automatic” unwanted retroversion due to the lowering of the acetabular roof. This unintended displacement is rarely reported in the literature, despite its anatomic evidence in 3-dimensional CT-scan reconstructions for pre- and peroperative evaluation.