Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty: 11th BIOLOX® Symposium Rome, June 30 – July 1, 2006 Proceedings

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