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Advances in Osteoarthritis

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Seisuke Tanaka

    1. Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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  2. Chiaki Hamanishi

    1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Basic research on osteoarthritis has been carried out mainly from the his­ tological and biochemical aspects of the degenerating chondrocytes, collagen fibers, and matrix proteoglycans. Undue mechanical stress has been shown to be the principal factor in the initiation of osteoarthritis. Although the exact process by which mechanical stress leads to the total destruction of cartilage tissue remains unclear, several new research methods have enabled us to gain a deeper understanding of the process of degeneration. In October 1997, we organized an international symposium titled "Ad­ vances in Osteoarthritis" in Kobe, with the main topics being updated re­ search, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoarthritis. The proceedings of the symposium are presented here in five sections: (1) Mechanical stress and reactions of chondrocytes, such as intracellular ion changes, changes in the cytoskeleton, intracellular messenger systems, release of gas mediators, and changes in electromechanical properties of cartilage; (2) Functional diagnosis of osteoarthritis by MR imaging, and using calpain and collagenase III as new cartilage markers; (3) Treatment with a promising simple washout technique and IL-1RA and MMP antagonists; (4) Cartilage repair by new grafting tech­ niques; and (5) Problems following total joint replacement. We sincerely hope that the advanced knowledge provided in this volume of proceedings will be valuable to our readers.

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Table of contents (21 papers)

  1. Promising Treatments 2: Cartilage Repair

    1. Articular Cartilage Repair

      • Ernst B. Hunziker
      Pages 187-202

    2. Knee Washout for Osteoarthritis

      • Richard H. Edelson
      Pages 203-212

    3. Viscosupplementation for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee with Hyaluronan and Hylans: Rationale and State of the Art

      • Jacques G. Peyron
      Pages 213-236

    4. Effects of Sodium Hyaluronic Acid on Fibrinolytic Factors in Humans with Arthropathies

      • Hiraku Kikuchi, Tohgo Nonaka, Wataru Shimada, Ichiro Miyagi, Hiroaki Itagane, Terumasa Ikeda et al.
      Pages 237-250

  2. Problems Following Total Joint Replacement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Thigh Pain After Total Hip Arthroplasty

      • Robin J. E. D. Higgs, William A. J. Higgs
      Pages 253-270

    3. Polyethylene Properties and Their Role in Osteolysis After Total Joint Arthroplasty

      • Bassam A. Masri, Eduardo A. Salvati, Clive P. Duncan
      Pages 271-285

    4. Responses in the Underlying Bone During Migration of Hydroxyapatite Grafts in the Growing Rabbit

      • Toshitaka Nakamura, Akihiro Yanagisawa
      Pages 286-296

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 297-298
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Seisuke Tanaka

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Chiaki Hamanishi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Osteoarthritis

  • Editors: Seisuke Tanaka, Chiaki Hamanishi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68497-8

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70245-0Published: 01 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68499-2Published: 01 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68497-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 298

  • Topics: Orthopedics

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