This technique-based text is geared for the orthopedic surgeon who is familiar with the features of MIS and now wants to master the approach. Edited by distinguished authorities in the field, the book covers four main areas for MIS joint replacement surgery: the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. Contributors share their valued expertise on the very techniques they have pioneered as they explain the latest instrumentation and present procedures step-by-step. Cutting-edge approaches are detailed throughout, and one section is specifically devoted to computer navigation. The wealth of insight is supplemented by more than 390 line drawings and photographs that illustrate how techniques are performed. An indispensable resource for orthopedic surgeons, residents, and fellows, this unparalleled guide is ideal for readers who want to confidently learn and apply MIS techniques.

This technique-based text is geared for orthopedic surgeons, residents, and fellows who want to confidently learn and apply cutting-edge minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques. The book covers the shoulder and elbow, the hip, unicondylar knee arthroplasty, and MIS total knee arthroplasty, which are the main areas for MIS joint replacement surgery. Chapters guide surgeons through procedures and include usage techniques for the latest instrumentation. A section also details computer-guided total hip and knee arthroplasty. More than 300 line drawings and photographs illustrate how techniques are performed.

The Shoulder and Elbow.- Mini-Incision bankart Repair for Shoulder Instability.- Mini-Open Rotator Cuff Repair.- Mini-Incision Fixation of Proximal Humeral Four-Part Fractures.- Minimally Invasive Approach for Shoulder Arthroplasty.- Mini-Incision Medial Collateral Ligament Reconstruction of the Elbow.- Mini-Incision Distal Biceps Tendon Repair.- The Hip.- A Technique for the Anterolateral Approach to MIS Total Hip Replacement.- The Anterior Approach for Total Hip Replacement: Background and Operative Technique.- Posterolateral Minimal Incision for Total Hip Replacement: Technique and Early Results.- Minimally Invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the Two-Incision Approach.- Minimally Invasive Metal-on-Metal Resurfacing Arthroplasty of the Hip.- The Knee: Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty.- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: The Bone-Sparing Technique.- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: The Intramedullary Technique.- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: The Extramedullary Tensor Technique.- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: The Extramedullary Technique.- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Arthroplasty with the UniSpacer.- Minimally Invasive Technique for Insertion of a Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.- The Knee: Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Minimal Incision Total Knee Arthroplasty with a Limited Medial Parapatellar Arthrotomy.- Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement with the Quadriceps-Sparing Subvastus Approach.- Mini-Midvastus Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Minimally Invasive Lateral Approach to Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty Using the Quadriceps-Sparing Approach.- Computer Navigation.- Computer-Guided Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Computer-Guided Total Knee Arthroscopy.