Objective: To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of the software computer-assisted robot orthopaedic trauma surgery planning system (CAOTS).
Methods: The software CAOTS was developed and used on 85 cases of stereotactic operation, 24 model bones, 21 cadaveric extremity bones, and 40 patients. 307 groups of directional targets in these cases were randomly sampled. The distribution of error sources for evaluating system performance was embodied using Monte-Carlo method in order to derive the theoretic guarantees for further optimizing and enhancing the system performance, then the software SPSS 2.0 was used to analyze the errors.
Results: The statistical area of deviation number was 0.0408 +/- 0.4578 mm, corresponding to the result by Monte-Carlo method. Punching succeeded at the first run for all 307 cases without wrong locking and other clinical complications.
Conclusion: Accurate and reliable, CAOTS improves the intra-operative navigation techniques and facilitates the orthopedists to perform operation.