1;Foreword;5 2;Short Biography of the Editors;7 3;Preface;8 4;Sections;9 5;Contents;10 6;Editors;15 7;List of Contributors;15 8;Part I Computer Assited Orthopaedic Surgery;23 8.1;Basics of Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery;24 8.2;CT-Based Navigation Systems;31 8.3;C-Arm-Based Navigation;37 8.4;CT-Free-Based Total Knee Arthroplasty Navigation with a Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique;43 8.5;Bone Morphing: 3D Reconstruction without Pre- or Intra- Operative Imaging;58 8.6;The Attraction of Electromagnetic Computer- Assisted Navigation in Orthopaedic Surgery;66 8.7;CAOS for Technical Skills Training in Orthopaedic Surgery;76 8.8;Cost Analysis of Navigation;83 8.9;Validation and Metrology in CAOS;90 9;Part II Total Knee Arthroplasty ;101 9.1;Part II A Navigation: Total Knee Arthroplasty;101 9.1.1;Postoperative Alignment of Conventional and Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty;103 9.1.2;Computer-Assisted Implantation of a Total Knee Prosthesis without Pre- Operative Imaging: The Kinematic Model;110 9.1.3;CAOS in Mobile Bearing » Tibia Cut First« Total Knee Arthroplasty;117 9.1.4;Total Knee Arthroplasty using the Stryker Knee Trac System;122 9.1.5;Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty and the OrthoPilot System;128 9.1.6;CT-free Navigation including Soft- Tissue Balancing: LCS Total Knee Arthroplasty and VectorVision System;134 9.1.7;Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty and the Surgetics Bone- Morphing System;145 9.1.8;Modern Navigated Ligament Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty with the PiGalileo System;157 9.1.9;Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty with the Navitrack ® System;163 9.1.10;Experience with Navigated Total Knee Replacements with CT- Free and CT- Based VectorVision ® BrainLAB Navigation System;169 9.1.11;Navigated Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, CT- Free Navigation with VectorVision System;177 9.1.12;Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty and the ORTHOsoft Navitrack System;184 9.1.13;Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty with the Fluoroscopic Medtronic System;189 9.1.14;Computer-Assisted Ligament Balancing of the Femoral Tibial Joint Using Pressure Sensors;197 9.1.15;Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Patient- Specific Templates: the Custom- made Cutting Guides;204 9.2;Part II B Minimally Invasive Surgery: Total Knee Arthroplasty;211 9.2.1;Principles of MIS in Total Knee Arthroplasty;212 9.2.2;MIS Total Knee Arthroplasty with the Limited Quadriceps Splitting Approach;216 9.2.3;Total Knee Replacement through a Mini- Mid- Vastus Approach;226 9.2.4;Quadriceps Sparing Total Knee Arthroplasty in Association with Electromagnetic Navigation;233 9.2.5;MIS Total Knee Arthroplasty with a Subvastus Approach;245 9.2.6;Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement in Tibia First Technique with the INNEX® Knee System;250 9.3;Part II C Minimally Invasive Surgery and Navigation: Total Knee Arthroplasty;260 9.3.1;Valgus Approach to Total Knee Arthroplasty;261 9.3.2;Implications of Minimally Invasive Surgery and CAOS to TKR Design;268 9.3.3;Fluoroscopy-Based Navigation in Genesis II Total Knee Arthroplasty with the Medtronic »Viking« System;276 9.3.4;Minimally Invasive-Navigated Extra- Medullary Preparation in Total Knee Arthroplasty with the » Stryker « System;282 9.4;Part II D Navigation and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty ( UKA);289 9.4.1;Navigated Minimally Invasive Surgery Unicompartmental Knee Replacement;290 9.4.2;Minimal Invasive Navigated Unicondylar Knee Replacement with the DePuy Ci- System;297 9.4.3;Hands- on Robotic Unicompartmental Knee Replacement;304 9.4.4;Navigated Unicompartmental Knee- Replacement - Genesis- Accuris-System;317 10;Part III Anterior-Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction;324 10.1;Image-Free Navigation in ACL Replacement with the OrthoPilot System;325 10.2;PRAXIM ACL Navigation System using Bone Morphing;334 10.3;Fluoroscopic-based ACL Navigation;343 11;Part IV Total Hip Arthroplasty;352 11.1;Part IV A Navigation: Total Hip Arthroplasty;352 11.1.1;Validation of Imageless Total Hip N