Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics

1 Bone as Biomaterial.- I Biocompatible Materials.- 2 Biomaterials Used in Orthopedics.- 3 Bioceramics.- 4 Tissue Adhesives in Orthopedic Surgery.- 5 Bone Materials and Tissue Banks.- 6 Bone Banks: Technical Aspects of the Preparation and Preservation of Articular Allografts.- 7 Clinical Applications of Bone Substitutes.- 8 Orthopedic Bone Cements.- 9 Calcium Phosphates in Orthopedic Surgery.- 10 Cement with Antimitotics.- 11 Striated Muscles, an Underestimated Natural Biomaterial: Their Essential Contribution to Healing and Reconstruction of Bone Defects.- 12 Wound Healing: Potential Therapeutic Modulation.- 13 Ceramic Coating.- 14 Ceramics in Orthopedics.- 15 Usual Mechanical Tests: Mechanical Properties of the Fundamental Elemental Materials.- 16 Tribology of Endoprostheses.- 17 Shape Memory Alloys and their Medical Application.- II Tissue Biomechanics and Histomorphometry.- 18 Normal Histologic Architecture of Tissue.- 19 Histology of Bone Callus.- 20 Tissue Reactions to Products of Wear and Corrosion.- 21 The Influence of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment on Cell Multiplication.- 22 Rational Utilization of the Stress Shielding Effect of Implants.- 23 Cartilage Cells.- 24 Articular Cartilage: Biomechanics, Injury, and Surgical Treatment of Defects.- 25 Massive Allografts in Hip Reconstructions.- 26 Deep-frozen Osteochondral Allografts.- III Biomechanics of the Bone Growth.- 27 Biomechanics of the Spine During Growth.- 28 Biomechanics of the Growth Plate.- 29 Biomechanics and the Growth Plate.- 30 Fractures in Children.- 31 The Pediatric Hip.- IV Applications of Biomechanical Principles to Orthopedics and Traumatology.- 32 Custom-made Hip Prostheses.- 33 The Mega-hip Prosthesis Surrounded by Allografts.- 34 Biomechanics of Osteosynthesis by Screwed Plates.- V Applications of Biomechanics Principles to Oncology.- 35 Malignant Bone Tumors: from Ewing's Sarcoma to Osteosarcoma.- 36 Long Bone Metastasis.- 37 Rebuilding and Prostheses in the Event of Periacetabular Tumors.- VI Articular Biomechanics.- 38 The Biomechanics of the Glenohumeral Articulation and Implications for Prosthetic Design.- 39 Biomechanics of the Wrist Joint.- 40 Spinal Instability and Imbalance: Definition, Clinical Manifestations, and Biomechanics.- 41 Biomechanic Elements of the Scoliotic Spine.- 42 Pedicle Screw Fixation in Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures.- 43 Biomechanics of Posterior Spinal Instrumentation.- 44 Biomechanics of Sacral Fixation.- 45 Intervertebral Disk Prosthesis.- 46 Optimized Treatment of Hip Fractures.- 47 Normal and Prosthesic Hip Biomechanics.- 48 The Biomechanics of Ligaments.- 49 Knee Ligamentoplasty: Prosthetic Ligament or Ligament Allograft?.- 50 Correlated Kinematic and Dynamic Studies of the Knee Joint During the Stance Phase of Gait: Biomechanical Disturbances Introduced by a Knee Pathology.- 51 Three-dimensional Kinematic Assessment of Ligament Rupture and Surgery.- 52 Biomechanics for Total Joint Replacements.- VII Futures Prospects and New Materials.- 53 Growth Promoter: General Principles and Experimental Studies on BMP.- 54 Reconstituted Bone Xenograft as a Novel Approach to Using Xenogeneic Bone.- 55 Biomaterials: European Regulatory and Legal Aspects - a Synthetic Approach.