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Artificial intelligence in orthopaedic surgery: exploring its applications, limitations, and future direction

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly growing across many domains, of which the medical field is no exception. AI is an umbrella term defining the practical application of algorithms to generate useful output, without the need of human cognition. Owing to the expanding volume of patient information collected, known as 'big data', AI is showing promise as a useful tool in healthcare research and across all aspects of patient care pathways. Practical applications in orthopaedic surgery include: diagnostics, such as fracture recognition and tumour detection; predictive models of clinical and patient-reported outcome measures, such as calculating mortality rates and length of hospital stay; and real-time rehabilitation monitoring and surgical training. However, clinicians should remain cognizant of AI's limitations, as the development of robust reporting and validation frameworks is of paramount importance to prevent avoidable errors and biases. The aim of this review article is to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI and its subfields, as well as to delineate its existing clinical applications in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. Furthermore, this narrative review expands upon the limitations of AI and future direction.

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Fig. 1 Key artificial intelligence applications in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; NLP, natural language processing.
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Authors
Lisacek-Kiosoglous, A. B., Powling, A. S., Fontalis, A., Gabr, A., Mazomenos, E., & Haddad, F. S.
Affiliations
  • University College Hospital (GB)
  • Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (GB)
Corresponding author
Fontalis, Andreas
Venue
Bone & Joint Research
Published
2023-07-10
Volume
12
Issue
7
Pages
447-454
ISSN
2046-3758 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4383683017
Cited by
184
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 56 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 10
FWCI
7.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Bone and Joint Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (203145/Z/16/Z)
  • Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
  • Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (203145Z/16/Z)
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (203145/Z/16/Z)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Medical Imaging and Analysis
Keywords
artificial intelligence, orthopedic surgery, trauma surgery, fracture detection, cancer detection, prediction model, mortality prediction, length of hospital stay, patient-reported outcomes, rehabilitation monitoring, surgical training, algorithmic bias, validation framework, big data

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