Acetabular bone defects: classification and diagnosis

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  • AAOS classification
  • Paprosky Classification
  • Preoperative assessments
  • Radiologial evaluation for bone quality information
  • Hierarchical approach to preoperative imaging
  • Current classification limitations
  • When to engage CT
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Conclusion

Contributing experts

This series of articles was created with the support of the following specialists (in alphabetical order):

Theofilos Karachalios

University General Hospital of Larissa at the University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Thomas Kostakos

Henry Dunant Medical Center, Athens, Greece

George A Macheras

Henry Dunant Medical Center, Athens, Greece

The authors thank Maio Chen, medical writer at AO Innovation Translation Center, Switzerland, for contributing to the writing and editing of the articles.