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Purpose An accurate fit of a patient-specific instrument guide during an intervention is one of the critical factors affecting accuracy of the surgical procedure. In this study, we investigated how well osteophytes, which are abnormal bone growths that form along joints, are depicted in clinical preoperative CT scans and estimated the influence of such depiction errors on the intraoperative accuracy...