Bioceramics in joint arthroplasty : 9th Biolox Symposium, Paris, March 26-27, 2004 ; proceedings ; with ... 12 tables

The senior authors (KJK, JMK) have performed over 800 ceramic on ceramic total hip arthroplasties at our institution since 1983. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Ceramic on Ceramic Bearings Used with Proximal Modular Stems in THA....Pages 3-8 Surface Analysis of Explanted Alumina-Alumina Bearings....Pages 9-12 A Ten Years Experience with Alumina-Alumina Hip Replacement....Pages 13-16 Thirty Years Experience with all Ceramic Bearings....Pages 17-20 Ceramic/Ceramic Total Hip Replacement: The American Experience with Stryker Implants....Pages 21-34 Results Obtained for 474 Cementless Hip Endoprostheses using Ceramic/Ceramic Components....Pages 35-39 Alumina Ceramic against Polyethylene: A long term follow up....Pages 41-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 Long Term Wear of Ceramic on Ceramic Hips....Pages 45-46 Periarticular Reaction to Wear Debris of Different Ceramic Materials....Pages 47-50 Two Bearing Ceramic Surfaces with a Self Adjusting Cup: A New Solution to avoid Dislocation and Subluxation in Total Hip Prosthesis....Pages 51-55 Analysis and Investigation of the Adhesive Strength of Ceramic and Bone Cement in Knee Arthroplasty....Pages 57-59 Alumina Ceramic-Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty using Computer-Assisted Surgical Navigation and a New Minimally Invasive Technique....Pages 61-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Phase Transformation in Zirconia Heads after THA Myth or Reality?....Pages 73-74 Charnley-Kerboull Total Hip Arthroplasty Combining Zirconia on Polyethylene A Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up Prospective Study....Pages 75-82 Highly Cross-linked Polyethylene — A New Option in Tribology of THA....Pages 83-87 The Crosslinked Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene: Risk and Limitation....Pages 89-92 Reducing Wear Using the Ceramic Surface on Oxidized Zirconium Heads....Pages 93-98 Is the OXINIUM Technology a Useful Technology in Total Joint Arthroplasty?....Pages 99-104 Ceramic Coatings in Metal-PE Joints: Where Are We Now?....Pages 105-109 Metal on Metal in Resurfacing Arthroplasty: Risks or Benefits?....Pages 111-117 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Surface Replacement of the Hip: Contra....Pages 119-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 The Concept of CeramTec to Offer Ball Heads Dedicated to Hip Revision Demands....Pages 129-130 Clinical and Technical Aspects in THA- Revision Surgery: Current Problems, Guidelines for Current and Future Solutions....Pages 131-134 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 Risk Factors for Dislocation after Total Hip Arthroplasty: Results of a Long Term Analysis....Pages 137-138 Hip-Spine Relationships: A New Concept to Analyse THP Dysfunction and Instability....Pages 139-148 Design Parameter to Improve Range of Motion (ROM) in Total Hip Arthroplasty....Pages 149-155 Recommendations for Maximizing Range of Motion....Pages 157-161 THA Ceramic-Ceramic Coupling: The Evaluation of the Dislocation Rate with Bigger Heads....Pages 163-169 The latest scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics in orthopaedic surgery. CeramTec has had a long and close relationship with the French orthopaedic community and this community has been an incontestable pioneer in the use of ceramic in this field of orthopaedics. That is why the symposium takes place in Paris under the presidency of Professor J.-Y. Lazennec, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière