Advances in Artificial Hip and Knee Joint Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Principles and Techniques of Hip and Knee Joint Replacement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. State of the Art of Hip and Knee Joint Replacement

      • G. Friedebold, R. Kölbel

      Pages 3-23

   3. Biomechanics of the Hip and Knee Joint

      • B. Kummer

      Pages 24-52

   4. Loading on Normal Hip and Knee Joints and on Joint Replacements

      • J. P. Paul

      Pages 53-70

   5. Present Indication for Hip Joint Replacement and Implantation Techniques

      • M. E. Müller

      Pages 71-80

   6. Hip Joint Replacement in Trauma Therapy

      • H. Beck

      Pages 81-89

   7. Design Criteria, Present Indication and Implantation Techniques for Artificial Knee Joints

      • N. Gschwend

      Pages 90-114

3. Complications and Their Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Peroperative Complications of the Total Endoprosthesis

      • K. P. Schulitz, B. Gärtner

      Pages 117-126

   3. Some Disadvantages of Cemented Intramedullary Stem Fixation and Their Remedies

      • M. A. R. Freeman

      Pages 127-137

   4. The Stress in Total Hip Prosthesis Femoral Stems: A Comparative Experimental Study

      • B. Weightman

      Pages 138-147

   5. Morphological and Analytical Studies of the Tissues Adjacent to Joint Prostheses: Investigations into the Causes of Loosening of Prostheses

      • B. Vernon-Roberts, M. A. R. Freeman

      Pages 148-186

   6. Complications After Joint Replacement — Longterm Follow-Up, Clinical Findings, and Biomechanical Research

      • A. Schreiber, A. H. Huggler, C. Dietschi, H. Jacob

      Pages 187-202

   7. The Trunnion Bearing Total Hip Prosthesis

      • B. G. Weber, G. Stühmer

      Pages 203-210

   8. Clinical Requirements of Artificial Joints

      • D. Hohmann

      Pages 211-217

   9. Issues of Law in Connection with Artificial Joint Replacement

      • F.-J. Knappen

      Pages 218-223

4. Criteria and Selection of Materials for Implants in Orthopaedic Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. The Suitability of Metals for Surgical Implants

      • H. Zitter

      Pages 227-241

   3. Corrosion of Highly Stressed Orthopedic Joint Replacements

      • R. Thull, M. Schaldach

      Pages 242-256

Implantable jOint prostheses which have been under development for more than 25 years, are today being used with success in the rehabilitation of many cases, including patients with extremely severe joint pathology. However, artificial joint designs still pose problems with respect to their function, anchoring, materials employed and the interaction of the prosthesis with the surrounding biological tissues. Some of these problems are associated with considerable therapeutic complications. Further improvement in the artificial joint requires the application of all the modern experimental and research techniques and the close cooperation of medical doctors, engineers and scientists. The International Symposium on Advances in Artificial Hip and Knee Joint Technology held at Erlangen on October 30 and 31, 1975 under the auspices of the Societas Physica Medica Erlangensis, had as its aim the promotion of just this interdisciplinary cooperation. One of the traditional objectives of the Societas has been the advancement of diagnosis and therapy by the adaptation of medical skill to modern technology and scientific engineering concepts. The major objective of this volume is to present, in expanded form, the lectures given by internationally recognized scientists and clinical researchers in the field of artificial joints in the locomotor system, and to make that information available to a wider public. The experience discussed covers the principles and primary methods of joint replacement.

• Promotion
• design
• development
• diagnosis
• hip
• implant
• knee
• pathology
• rehabilitation
• technology
• therapy
• tissue

• Zentralinstitut für Biomedizinische Technik der Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg, 852 Erlangen, Germany

  Max Schaldach

• Universitäts-Klinik Erlangen, 852 Erlangen, Germany

  Dietrich Hohmann

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