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The acetabular blood supply: implications for periacetabular osteotomies

Beck, M. ; Leunig, M. ; Ellis, T. ; Sledge, J. ; Ganz, R.

In: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy, 2003, vol. 25, no. 5-6, p. 361-367

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    Title
    • The acetabular blood supply: implications for periacetabular osteotomies
    Author
    • Beck, M.. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Leunig, M.. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Ellis, T.. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Sledge, J.. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Ganz, R.. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:310322
    Summary
    As the popularity of juxta-acetabular osteotomies in adults increases, concern arises that such a procedure will potentially cause avascular necrosis of the acetabular fragment. In order to verify the remaining vascularization after a Bernese periacetabular osteotomy, an injection study with colored latex was performed. The vascularity of the outside of the periacetabular bone was studied in 16 hips after injection of colored latex into the abdominal aorta and the inside in four hips. To confirm the conclusions drawn from the anatomic study, a Bernese periacetabular osteotomy was performed in two additional hips after latex injection. This study demonstrated that through a modified Smith-Peterson approach and with execution of the osteotomies from the inside of the pelvis the acetabular fragment remains vascularized by the supra-acetabular and acetabular branches of the superior gluteal artery, the obturator artery and the inferior gluteal artery. Some uncertainty remains about how much correction is tolerated by the smaller blood vessels