e-Ortho: The New Advantage of Surgeons in Shoulder Arthroplasty
A new online platform – e-Ortho – from Atron Health is giving the advantage to shoulder arthroplasty surgeons, as it helps the surgeon understand the anatomy of the shoulder and arm and preoperatively design the implants required for arthroplasty to each patient.
The technique, which ensures individualized treatment in shoulder arthroplasty, is already used by the Microsurgery Clinic of the General Hospital KAT and the University Orthopedic Clinic of the Hospital of Patras.
The e-Ortho platform, which belongs to the French group FH ORTHO, and in Greece is represented by Atron Health, can be used in the care of any patient who needs anatomical total ARROW arthroplasty or reverse total arthroplasty.
For the proper information and training of surgeons for the aforementioned technique, the company Atron Health organized special training surgical seminars at the University Hospital of Rio Patras with the assistance of Professors Panagopoulos, Gliatis and Kokkalis and at the General Hospital of Attica KAT with the support of Mr. Fandridis, on the 9th and 10th of September 2021, with honorary guest and trainer Dr. Philippe Valenti of the Parisian Institute of Shoulder, specializing in prosthetic surgery and arthroscopic surgery for athletes and degenerative pathologies, who has developed the platform.
The e-Ortho platform, based on CT-Scan, provides an accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of the patient’s shoulder and arm, enabling the surgeon to place the arthroplasty implants in a different position, with a different inclination and to choose from a variety of sizes offered by the specific company. When the surgeon completes the preoperative planning, the data recorded on the platform will help him apply it to the patient’s actual operating room.
The main target of the design is the best position of the arthroplasty and the wide contact of the implants with the bone in order to have the optimal functionality of the patient’s shoulder and the long-term maintenance of the arthroplasty.
About the e-Ortho platform for the design of shoulder arthroplasties
The e-Ortho technique is an electronic platform for Arrow shoulder arthroplasties from the French company FH.
It helps the surgeon to understand the anatomy of the shoulder and arm and to plan preoperatively the implants required for arthroplasty in each patient.
Using the online platform is simple. In it we must enter the records of the patient’s shoulder computed tomography. The three-dimensional reconstruction of the patient’s shoulder and arm immediately appears. In this way the surgeon has the first information about the inclination, and the shape of the scapula, as well as about the anatomy of the proximal arm.
The e-Ortho platform enables the surgeon to place the arthroplasty implants in a different position, with a different inclination and in different sizes offered by the specific company. When the surgeon completes the preoperative planning, the data recorded on the platform will help him apply it to the patient’s actual operating room. The purpose of the design is the best position of the arthroplasty and the wide contact of the implants with the bone. The surgeon’s goal is the optimal function of the patient’s shoulder and the long-term maintenance of the arthroplasty, and the e-Ortho system offers significant assistance..
Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty – Assistance with 3D Imaging Software
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty is a special form of arthroplasty. It is applied in cases of patients who have undergone irreversible rotator cuff rupture, while at the same time suffering from arthritis, overwhelming osteoporotic fractures, and in revisions after failed previous surgeries. The surfaces are inverted in relation to the classic total arthroplasty.
The aim is the new joint who will be created to be fully functional, without necessarily the help of the rotator cuff muscles, and with the use of the deltoid for the abduction function. This is an operation with a high success rate.
But to be more effective, detailed preoperative planning is useful. The ARROW universal shoulder prosthesis e-Ortho Shoulder (FH Ortho Inc., Heimsbrunn) is a 3D arthroplasty imaging software used as a tool for shoulder surgeons in the preoperative design of reverse shoulder arthroplasty. This software, based on preoperative computed tomography (CT-Scan), provides an accurate 3D image of the patient’s scapula and proximal arm.
In this way, the e-Ortho Shoulder helps surgeons understand the anatomy of a patient’s shoulder before surgery, and is an important tool for performing preoperative placement of three-dimensional implants (shoulder and proximal arm) in electronics. using reliable guide points. Then, the surgery is performed and the exact placement of the arthroplasty implants is performed based on the specific software, so that the patient has an optimal result.
