Bone Ninja vs ICODE Hip US Calculator

Bone Ninja is a teaching tool developed by two orthopedic surgeons who specialize in limb deformity correction: Dr. Shawn Standard and Dr. John Herzenberg. It is designed to help surgeons learn to analyze long bone deformities. Bone Ninja comes pre-loaded with radiographs of normal legs and deformed legs. You can analyze the provided cases or upload your own. Once your analysis is complete, you can then use the cut-out tool to try different osteotomy solutions. Suggested solutions for the provided cases are available for comparison. Bone Ninja includes tools for drawing lines, measuring angles, measuring lengths, and calibrating the magnification. The cutting tool allows you to manipulate one or more fragments to simulate correction of single or multilevel deformities. The analysis of the radiographs is based on methodology taught at our annual Baltimore Limb Deformity Course (BLDC), now in its 22nd year (DeformityCourse.com). We developed this app to supplement the BLDC and look forward to feedback from attendees and other users. Bone Ninja is not presented as a clinical tool, but rather an educational tool. It will not “automatically” analyze deformities. The student must first learn the methodology of analyzing and planning deformity correction in order to use Bone Ninja. Bone Ninja is a 21st century mobile alternative to pencil, ruler, goniometer, and paper. Bone Ninja will be periodically updated by adding more case examples, more explanations, and more tools. The name “Bone Ninja” is intentionally whimsical and reflects our philosophy of teaching as “infotainment.” Enjoy! Disclaimer The Bone Ninja App is designed for educational purposes only. The intent is to train physicians how to analyze long bone deformities. The Bone Ninja App is not intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. In view of the possibility of human error or changes in medical science, neither the authors nor the developer warrant that the information contained in this software is accurate or complete and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or the results obtained from the use of such information.

The application is intended for use only by healthcare professionals. The main goal of the application is to be an easy-to-use and useful tool for calculating a babys hip type. The healthcare professional will provide some basic information about the baby after examination like the baby birth date, date of examination and both infant hip angless (in degrees). Based on an algorithm the application will display a result abount the infant's hip type. Also instructions are displayed based on the result. Healthcare professionals who use it, do so at their own risk and should exercise their own clinical judgment as to the information they provide to the patients. We have tried to create content to conform to the standards of professional practice that prevailed at the time of development. However, standards and practices in medicine change as new data become available and the individual medical professional should consult a variety of sources. Medical information changes rapidly. Medical References 1. Graf R, Scott S, Lercher K, et al (2006) Hip sonography: Diagnosis and management of infant hip dysplasia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2. O’Beirne JG, Chlapoutakis K, Alshryda S, et al (2019) International Interdisciplinary Consensus Meeting on the Evaluation of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Ultraschall Med 40:454–464. https://doi.org/10.1055/A-0924-5491 3. O’Beirne J, Chlapoutakis K (eds.) (2022) Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: From Early Sonographic Diagnosis to Effective Treatment. Springer International Publishing