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Tribology in Total Hip Arthroplasty

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Overview

  • Covers the basics in tribology

  • Analyses in detail the use of ceramics in total hip arthroplast

  • Discusses the effectiveness of new polyethylenes

  • Investigates concerns regarding metal wear

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Basics in Tribology

  2. Ceramic articulations

  3. Metal articulations

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About this book

During the 2010 EFORT Congress in Madrid, many interesting topics relating to tribology in total hip arthroplasty were discussed during a special day devoted entirely to the subject. So successful was the day, and such was the broad interest in the discussions, that EFORT decided that publication of all the presentations would be warmly welcomed by fellow professionals who were unable to attend. This book is the result. It includes detailed information on the different articulating materials and the wear to which they are subject. The various factors that contribute to bearing performance and control wear are thoroughly evaluated, and careful consideration is given to the technology and design solutions proposed with a view to producing low-wearing hip joints. This book will be of interest both to novices who want to learn more about the field and to experienced orthopaedic surgeons wishing to keep abreast of the latest developments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , 2nd Orthopaedic Department, Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna-Speising, Vienna, Austria

    Karl Knahr

About the editor

Karl Knahr completed his medical studies at the University of Vienna in 1971 and subsequently trained as an orthopaedic surgeon at the Orthopaedic University Clinic of Vienna. In 1988 he became Head of the 2nd Orthopaedic Department at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Vienna-Speising and in the following year he was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Vienna. For more than a decade, Professor Knahr has been the Austrian National Delegate to SICOT (Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie), Treasurer of the Austrian Society for Orthopaedic Surgery, and Austrian National Delegate to EFORT. Since 2005 he has been a member of the EFORT Executive Committee. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of International Orthopaedics and the Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery and previously served as an editorial board member for the Journal of Arthroplasty. Professor Knahr has published widely on the subjects of tribology and hip arthroplasty.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tribology in Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Editors: Karl Knahr

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19429-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: EFORT 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-19428-3Published: 21 July 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-19429-0Published: 21 July 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 233

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Traumatic Surgery, Rheumatology, Orthopedics

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