Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery

On June 19-22, 2005 the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS-International) will meet in Helsinki, Finland for its 5th Annual Meeting. The conference will be another gathering of physicians, researchers, developers, and system providers who are interested in all aspects of CAOS technology, its development, and its clinical application and evaluation. The first CAOS Symposium was held ten years ago in Bern, Switzerland with some 40 participants. Today CAOS-International's annual meetings have established themselves as the most appreciated events in the calendars of the CAOS community. For additional information on CAOS-International and the conference series, please visit the CAOS-International homepage at http://www.CAOS-International.org/.This book contains a collection of those abstracts that have been accepted as podium presentations, special poster presentations, or poster presentations for our 5th Annual Meeting. For reasons of simplicity, the papers are listed alphabetically by first authors. In addition, a full authors listing at the end of the book makes it easy to find a specific abstract.