Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery for Hip and Knee

Download or read book Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery for Hip and Knee written by Nobuhiko Sugano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.