Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty (eBook)

Keynote Address.- Bearing Surfaces — 2005.- New Developments in the Basic Science of Ceramics and other Alternative Bearings.- Severe Simulation Test for run-in wear of all-alumina compared to alumina composite THR.- Comparison of the Functional Biological Activity and Osteolytic Potential of Ceramic on Ceramic and Cross Linked Polyethylene Bearings in the Hip.- Allergic reactions to metal implants: influence of wear debris.- Can Metal-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty induce Hypersensitivity reactions?.- Blood Analysis for Trace Metals in Patients with Different Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Alternative Wear Couples.- Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Concerns.- Clinical Performance of a Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene at Four to Five Years in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Prospective Trial.- Co-Cr Head Roughness and its Effect on Wear of UHMWPE and XLPE Cups.- Polyethylene wear in Total Hip Arthroplasty -matched pair analysis of ceramic and metal heads.- Two Ceramic Bearing Surfaces with a Self Adjusting cup: A New Application of Delta Ceramics to reduce the Risk of Dislocation and Subluxation.- 20 Year Experience of Zirconia Total Hip Replacements.- Controlled Zirconia Phase Transformation in BIOLOX® delta — a Feature of Safety.- Clinical Results of Ceramic on Ceramic Systems.- Alternative Bearing Surfaces: Alumina Ceramic Bearings for Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Ceramic-on-Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty: The USA Experience.- Ceramic-on-Ceramic versus Ceramic-on-Polyethylene Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results of a Multicenter Prospective Randomized Study and Update of Modern Ceramic Total Hip Trials in the USA.- European Experience with Ceramic Systems.- Australian Experience with Ceramic Systems.- The Ceramic Option: Indications, Contraindications, Revision and Surgical Challenges.- Evolution of Total Hip Arthroplasty: Computer-Assisted, Minimally Invasive Techniques Combined with Alumina Ceramic-Ceramic Bearings.- Acetabular Positioning to Maximize Range of Motion.- Acetabular Positioning without Navigation — Anterior Approach.- “Stem first”: A Simplified Method for Optimized Positioning of Components in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Revision Surgery utilizing Ceramic Bearings.- Surface Changes to Alumina Femoral Heads after Metal Staining during Implantation, and after Recurrent Dislocations of the Prosthetic Hip.- Reliability of Alumina Ceramics: Myths and Reality.- Ceramic Component Fracture: Trends and Recommendations with Modern Components based on improved Reporting Methods.- Ceramic Manufacturing Overview.- State of the Art in Ceramic Manufacturing.- New Applications for Ceramics.- Primary Total Knee Replacement with a Zirconia Ceramic Femoral Component.- Alternative Bearing Surfaces.- Wear of a Novel Ceramic on Metal Bearings for Hip Prosthesis.- Future Ceramic Strategies.- Keynote Address.- The Relationship between Acetabular Osteolytic Lesion Volume and Polyethylene Wear in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty.