Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bone as Biomaterial....Pages 3-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Biomaterials Used in Orthopedics....Pages 15-20
Bioceramics....Pages 22-33
Tissue Adhesives in Orthopedic Surgery....Pages 35-53
Bone Materials and Tissue Banks....Pages 54-64
Bone Banks: Technical Aspects of the Preparation and Preservation of Articular Allografts....Pages 65-75
Clinical Applications of Bone Substitutes....Pages 76-85
Orthopedic Bone Cements....Pages 86-100
Calcium Phosphates in Orthopedic Surgery....Pages 101-108
Cement with Antimitotics....Pages 111-115
Striated Muscles, an Underestimated Natural Biomaterial: Their Essential Contribution to Healing and Reconstruction of Bone Defects....Pages 119-125
Wound Healing: Potential Therapeutic Modulation....Pages 126-136
Ceramic Coating....Pages 137-142
Ceramics in Orthopedics....Pages 143-158
Usual Mechanical Tests: Mechanical Properties of the Fundamental Elemental Materials....Pages 159-167
Tribology of Endoprostheses....Pages 168-178
Shape Memory Alloys and their Medical Application....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Normal Histologic Architecture of Tissue....Pages 189-191
Histology of Bone Callous....Pages 192-196
Tissue Reactions to Products of Wear and Corrosion....Pages 197-202
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
The Influence of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment on Cell Multiplication....Pages 203-207
Rational Utilization of the Stress Shielding Effect of Implants....Pages 208-215
Cartilage Cells....Pages 219-228
Articular Cartilage: Biomechanics, Injury, and Surgical Treatment of Defects....Pages 229-246
Massive Allografts in Hip Reconstructions....Pages 247-252
Deep-frozen Osteochondral Allografts....Pages 253-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Biomechanics of the Spine During Growth....Pages 257-281
Biomechanics of the Growth Plate....Pages 282-286
Biomechanics and the Growth Plate....Pages 287-293
Fractures in Children....Pages 294-297
The Pediatric Hip....Pages 298-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Custom-made Hip Prostheses....Pages 309-327
The Mega-hip Prosthesis Surrounded by Allografts....Pages 328-329
Biomechanics of Osteosynthesis by Screwed Plates....Pages 330-350
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Malignant Bone Tumors: From Ewing’s Sarcoma to Osteosarcoma....Pages 353-361
Long Bone Metastasis....Pages 362-373
Rebuilding and Prostheses in the Event of Periacetabular Tumors....Pages 374-381
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
The Biomechanics of the Glenohumeral Articulation and Implications for Prosthetic Design....Pages 387-396
Biomechanics of the Wrist Joint....Pages 397-402
Spinal Instability and Imbalance: Definition, Clinical Manifestations, and Biomechanics....Pages 405-434
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Biomechanical Elements of the Scoliotic Spine....Pages 435-439
Pedicle Screw Fixation in Thoracic or Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures....Pages 440-461
Biomechanics of Posterior Spinal Instrumentation....Pages 462-491
Biomechanics of Sacral Fixation....Pages 492-502
Intervertebral Disk Prosthesis....Pages 503-511
Optimized Treatment of Hip Fractures....Pages 515-527
Normal and Prosthesic Hip Biomechanics....Pages 528-549
The Biomechanics of Ligaments....Pages 550-563
Knee Ligamentoplasty: Prosthetic Ligament or Ligament Allograft?....Pages 564-569
Correlated Kinematic and Dynamic Studies of the Knee Joint During the Stance Phase of Gait: Biomechanical Disturbances Introduced by a Knee Pathology....Pages 570-584
Three-dimensional Kinematic Assessment of Ligament Rupture and Surgery....Pages 585-599
Biomaterials for Total Joint Replacements....Pages 600-609
Front Matter....Pages 611-611
Growth Promoter: General Principles and Experimental Studies on BMP....Pages 613-620
Reconstituted Bone Xenograft as a Novel Approach to Using Xenogeneic Bone....Pages 621-635
Biomaterials: European Regulatory and Legal Aspects — a Synthetic Approach....Pages 636-640
Back Matter....Pages 641-654