Bioceramics and alternative bearings in joint arthroplasty : 11th BIOLOX Symposium, Rome, June 30 - July 1, 2006 : proceedings

This book presents you the latest and most up to date source of scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics and other alternative bearings in joint replacement surgery. The Symposium pays tribute and recognition to the many innovations and contributions that have been developed by the Italian Orthopedic Surgical Community in the field. This Symposium tries to preserve the continuity of past Symposiums by offering a well structured and balanced program with ample opportunity for effective communication and interchange of information and ideas between all interested members of the global orthopedic surgical community. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Head Diameter of 36mm: New alumina on alumina bearing surfaces....Pages 3-4 All ceramic tripolar Total Hip Arthroplasty: experimental data and clinical results....Pages 5-9 Clinical advantages with large diameter heads....Pages 11-16 36mm Ceramic head for “difficult” cases....Pages 17-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Seven years of experience in MoM resurfacing: Results and open questions....Pages 23-30 Surgeon and resurfacing: considerations after a long experience....Pages 31-37 Hip Resurfacing — a superior articulation concept?....Pages 39-43 Consideration on disadvantages and problems of resurfacing....Pages 45-46 In vitro biomechanical properties of a hip resurfacing system....Pages 47-50 Comparison of functional activity of hip resurfacing with total hip arthroplasty....Pages 51-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Radiological development of an alumina metal back cup during 5 years....Pages 55-56 Metal Ion Hypersensitivity in Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty....Pages 57-63 28mm Head in Ceramic/Ceramic Total Hip Replacement....Pages 65-71 Ceramic Bearings Enlarging the Range of Indications for Bipolar Prostheses....Pages 73-79 Kinematic evaluation of total hip arthroplasty with various bearing materials....Pages 81-92 Total hip replacement with all alumina bearings in patients under 30 years of age....Pages 93-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 PE wear in ceramic/PE bearing surface in total knee arthroplasty: Clinical experiences of more than 24 years....Pages 101-110 Hypersensitivity reactions in association to arthroplasty....Pages 111-113 Ceramic Knee Design....Pages 115-123 Ceramic knee endoprostheses: reality or future?....Pages 125-131 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Comparison of clinical results between Ceramic-Ceramic Bearings and Metal on Polyethylene in Total Hip Arthroplasty....Pages 135-139 Revision strategy after metal on metal THR failure: Conversion to ceramic on ceramic....Pages 141-144 Modular neck and ceramic on ceramic coupling in revision total hip arthroplasty....Pages 145-148 Experience with BIOLOX® option revision heads....Pages 149-154 Acetabular cup revision: pitfalls and solutions....Pages 155-162 Revision strategies in total hip arthroplasty with respect to articulation materials....Pages 163-168 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Hip Joint Simulators: State of the Art....Pages 171-180 Highly Crosslinked Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene- (UHMWPE-) Acetabular Liners in combination with 28mm BIOLOX® heads....Pages 181-184 Wear of Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene against Cobalt Chrome and Ceramic femoral heads....Pages 185-188 US perspective on hip simulator wear testing of BIOLOX® delta in’ severe’ test modes....Pages 189-205 Comparison of polythene liners with alumina liners in hydroxyapatite hip arthroplasty....Pages 207-212 Edge Loading and Squeaking in Third Generation Ceramic-on-ceramic Bearings....Pages 213-215 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Tricks and tips in every day utilization of ceramic on ceramic coupling....Pages 219-223 Neck Modularity and CE/CE systems....Pages 225-231 Off-set and ceramic on ceramic bearing....Pages 233-236 Ceramic on ceramic cementless total hip arthroplasty in arthritis following congenital hip disease: an algorithm of the surgical treatment....Pages 237-242 32mm alumina on alumina hip replacement for femoral neck fracture....Pages 243-247 Is there really a “safe zone” for the placement of total hip components?....Pages 249-252 Tips of the trade: avoiding problems with ceramic components in THR....Pages 253-255 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Direct to bone — possible ceramic solutions for monolithic hip implants....Pages 259-261 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Surface Activation of Implants....Pages 263-275 Application of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins on Solid Implants....Pages 277-282 Future applications in ceramics....Pages 283-288 Front Matter....Pages 289-289 The use of a ceramic “sandwich cup” in 140 hip arthroplasty with a 5 years follow-up or more....Pages 291-291 THR Charnley type with Zr/Pe Bearing results at more than 5 years FU....Pages 293-294 Wear Performance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Implantable PEEK against BIOLOX® Forte and BIOLOX® Delta....Pages 295-296 Big diameter ball heads on Corail Stem: Rational indication and advantages....Pages 297-297 The Role of Pre-Irradation Crystallinity on the Oxidation Resistance of UHMWPE....Pages 299-301 The Effect of Pressure-Annealing on the Oxidation Resistance of Irradiated UHMWPE....Pages 303-305 Wear Simulator Study of the Tripolar All Ceramic Hip Prosthesis....Pages 307-308 Metallic but not ceramic wear particles increase prostaglandin E 2 release and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) gene expression in human blood monocytes in vitro....Pages 309-311 BMP-2 modified ingrowth characteristics of coated hydroxyapatite-titanium implants in aged sheep....Pages 313-315 Ultimate Compression Strength Testing of Alumina Ceramic Femoral Heads in Revision....Pages 317-317 BIOLOX® option: A new revision strategy with BIOLOX® ceramics....Pages 319-320 Duolox®, a ceramic Bipolar System for Hemiarthroplasty....Pages 321-321 Dear Colleague and Participant in Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint th ® Arthroplasty: 11 International BIOLOX Symposium We are once again very proud of the fact that we have been able to provide you with the proceedings of this Symposium as a part of your registration materials. This is a mayor achievement that could only be made possible by the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers, the publishing house and their staff and the Symposium Administrator and her support staff. Our special thanks to all of them for their hard work and dedication to meet the difficult deadlines required to make this a reality. The proceedings for this Symposium continue the on-going tradition to provide all of us with a valuable and useful addition to our reference library. We hope that within its covers, you will find the most up to date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear related problems in Orthopedic Surgery. This is the first time that the symposium takes place in Italy. The reason we chose Italy and in particular Rome is obvious as CeramTec has had a long term and close relationship with the Italian. CeramTec is pleased that our Symposium Chairmen, Professors F. Benazzo and F. Falez have collaborated with us in the preparation and in th the execution of Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty - 11 ® International BIOLOX Symposium. Presents the source of scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics and other alternative bearings in joint replacement surgery. This book presents the proceedings of a Symposium that pays tribute and recognition to the many innovations and contributions that have been developed by the Italian Orthopedic Surgical Community.