Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery for Hip and Knee: Current State of the Art in Clinical Application and Basic Research

Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery for Hip and Knee: Current State of the Art in Clinical Application and Basic Research
ISBN-10
9811052468
ISBN-13
9789811052460
Category
Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery
Language
English
Published
2018
Author
Nobuhiko Sugano

Description

This book focuses on two major areas in the field of computer assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS): hip and knee surgery. It reviews the current clinical status of the various CAOS tools for hip and knee arthroplasty, osteotomy, ligament reconstruction, spine surgery, trauma surgery, and tumour surgery that have become available in recent years and discusses future applications based on fundamental research and continuously developing computer technology / devices. Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery for Hip and Knee highlights three areas - total knee arthroplasty (TKA); total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hip osteotomy; and statistical shape modelling. It is a valuable resource for orthopaedic surgeons, clinical technologists and computer scientists and other specialists interested in this technology.

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