71002 - Innovation in Computer Assisted Surgery and Intraoperative Evaluation

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Learning outcomes

To increase the knowledge and application of innovative technologies such as cell cultures and computer assisted surgery in the field of the most common orthopedic diseases such as pathology of the knee and of the hip.

Course contents

1. General Principles of computer-assisted surgery in orthopedics  2. Surgical Navigation Systems  3. Computer-assisted Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (theory and practical demonstration)  4. Computer-assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty (theory and practical demonstration)  5. Computer-assisted Revision Knee Arthroplasty 6. Computer-assisted Hip Arthroplasty 7. Joint's Modeling Systems for the simulation of computer-assisted surgery

Readings/Bibliography

lecture notes and texts / articles recommended by the teacher

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures and practical demonstrations

Assessment methods

Written Text or Oral Examination

Teaching tools


Office hours

See the website of Stefano Zaffagnini