ORTHOPEDICS 4.0: Orthopedic Surgery in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of artificial intelligence as applied to orthopedic surgery. After laying out the historical and technical foundations, it covers all subspecialties, from arthroplasty to arthroscopy, trauma surgery, sports medicine, musculoskeletal oncology, regional limb pathology, and spinal surgery, with each field addressed across the full continuum of care-from diagnosis to planning, intraoperative assistance, monitoring, and outcome prediction. Going beyond the operating room, it also analyzes the perioperative pathway, from prehabilitation to connected rehabilitation, and devotes an in-depth section to governance: validation, bias, accountability, cybersecurity, and equitable access. Drawing on the most recent literature, it adopts a consistently nuanced perspective and presents AI not as a substitute for the surgeon, but as an extension of the surgeon's diagnostic, decision-making, and surgical capabilities, in the service of more precise, personalized, and safer orthopedic care.