Hip joint implant component size planning using PACS software

Introduction The relevance of the problem is due to the growing requirements for storage and exchange of digital images in medicine and hip arthroplasty quality improvement. It is necessary to prove the higher clinical efficiency of the PACS system in planning the sizes of joint implant components. The aim of the work is a comparative assessment of the quality of planning the sizes of acetabular and femoral components using the PACS system and without it. Methods The material of the study was data on the sizes of acetabular and femoral components of the hip joint implant used in 2012 and in 2014-2017. The method of study is the choice of cases of surgical treatment of primary coxarthrosis. Results The results of the study showed a stable proportion of discrepancies by one or two sizes in 82.6-88.7 % of the total number of the components having differences in sizes. Since 2016, differences of measurements ±1 size were not revealed. The portion of absent discrepancies increased in 2017 (49...