Randy Ellis and his team are working to advance the understanding of hip motion to improve surgical performance for hip replacement.
“Our idea is novel and simple,” says Dr. Ellis. “It is the motion of a patient’s hip, and not the highly variable anatomy, that should guide component placement in hip-replacement surgery. An improved understanding of how an arthritic hip moves may lead to strategies for preventing arthritis, as well as improving surgical treatment.”
Although hip replacement is a common and usually successful surgery for advanced hip arthritis, many secondary surgeries are often required, most often because of failures that can be traced to improper component placement. Dr. Ellis and his team hope to eliminate the need for these revisionary surgeries.
This project is a collaborative effort between Queen’s and Johns Hopkins University.
The funding under the NSERC/CIHR Collaborative Health Research Program (CHRP) will support student research and materials for both projects.
http://www.queensu.ca/news/articles/queens-computer-assisted-surgery-projects-receive-nserc-funding