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Minimally Invasive Total Joint Arthroplasty

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Table of contents (57 chapters)

  1. The Hip

    1. Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Hip

  2. The Knee

    1. Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Knee

  3. Minimally Invasive total Joint Arthroplasty and Computer Assisted Surgery

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About this book

Minimally Invasive Total Hip phy is highlighted, but rather a compilation of expertise and Knee Replacement has been assembled for the reader to evaluate. Within the text of this book, many issues will be presented, Change is inevitable, but progress does not necessarily some of which are incision length, single versus multiple follow. We are currently witnessing two dramatic incision, muscle sparing versus muscle splitting, in situ changes within the world of total hip and knee replace­ bone cuts versus dislocation of the joint, and intra­ medullary versus extra-medullary instrumentation. As ment. Minimally invasive surgical techniques have been popularized in the media and on the web and the effect long as the judgement of time has not provided a single has been to focus an increased interest in the preserva­ best solution the issue, there is a place for a variety of tion and handling of the soft tissues during hip and knee techniques, approaches, and opinions. Therefore, the replacement. Computer-assisted hip and knee replace­ editors invited those experts to contribute whose names ment surgery has developed to the point where it can be are already associated with minimally invasive total seamlessly integrated into the operating room. Together joint surgery, and who are well known for their high lev­ these two changes - minimally invasive surgery and el of competence in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Jefferson Medical School, Rothman Institute Orthopedics, Philadelphia, USA

    William J. Hozack

  • Department for Orthopaedics, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Martin Krismer, Michael Nogler, Franz Rachbauer

  • Bonutti Clinic, Effingham, USA

    Peter M. Bonutti

  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas, USA

    Peter M. Bonutti

  • Information Technology Division, e-Cleveland Clinic The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA

    Jonathan L. Schaffer

  • Brisbane Orthopaedic Specialist Services, Holy Spirit Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

    William J. Donnelly

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minimally Invasive Total Joint Arthroplasty

  • Editors: William J. Hozack, Martin Krismer, Michael Nogler, Peter M. Bonutti, Franz Rachbauer, Jonathan L. Schaffer, William J. Donnelly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59298-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59298-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 342

  • Topics: Orthopedics

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Engineering, Finance, Business & Banking, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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