Endoprosthetics

I Basic Principles.- The Lessons from 30 Years of Success and Failure of Total Joint Replacement.- The Importance of Remembering Past Mistakes When Considering Implant Materials for Future Hip Endoprostheses.- Tribology of Artificial Joints.- The Reactivation of the Metal-Metal Pairing for the Total Hip Prosthesis.- Osseointegration of Sulmesh Coatings.- Biomechanics of Osseointegration of a Cementless Hip Joint Cup in Animal Experiments.- Primary Stability of Cemented and Noncemented Implants.- Gait Analysis: A Biomechanical Tool in the Development of Artificial Joints.- Gait Analysis of Normal Persons and Patients with Coxarthrosis Before and After Conservative Therapy and After the Implantation of a Total Hip Endoprosthesis.- II Cemented Acetabular Fixation.- The Cemented Hip Cup: The Weber Polyethylene-Ceramic and Metasul Cups and the High-Pressure Cementing Technique.- III Noncemented Acetabular Fixation.- Noncemented Acetabular Fixation in Primary Total Hip Replacement.- The Saint Nabor Cup: 8 Years of Experience.- Rationale of the Press-Fit Cup.- IV Cemented Femoral Stem.- The Weber Stem and the High-Pressure Cementing Technique.- The Cemented MS-30 Stem.- The Cement-Fixed Hip Replacement System.- V Noncemented Femoral Stem.- The Cementless Femoral Stem.- The Development of the Thrust Plate Prosthesis.- Conical Stem Fixation for Cementless Hip Prostheses for Primary Implantation and Revisions.- VI Noncemented Endoprosthesis Systems.- The CLS System.- The Cementless CLW System.- The Development of the Cementless Hip Endoprosthesis: 1979-1994.- VII Knee Joint Arthroplasty.- The Gschwend-Scheier-Bähler Knee Prosthesis.- Total Knee Replacement at the Royal London Hospital: 25 Years' Experience.- The APS Cement-Free Knee Joint Prosthesis in Varus Osseoarthritis:Treatment and Results.- Uncemented Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.- VIII Arthroplasty of the Upper Extremities.- Elbow Arthroplasty, with Particular Regard to the Gschwend-Scheier-Bahler III Elbow Joint Prosthesis.- Total Wrist Arthroplasty.