Arthroplasty 2000
Recent Advances in Total Joint Replacement

Joint replacement surgery has seen remarkable progress and development in recent years both in prostheses and in surgical technique. A prime concern has been improved durability, for which a major factor is reduction of the polyethylene wear that leads to osteolysis. This book presents an update on the means by which the problems of wear and loosening are being addressed in total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Included are chapters on new surgical techniques for difficult cases, nonpolyethylene interfaces for THA, custom hip prostheses, and computer-assisted surgery. Arthroplasty 2000 also takes up current controversial issues such as posterior cruciate substitution versus retention in TKA. With contributions by eminent specialists in total joint replacement in Asia, Europe, and North America, this volume is a valuable reference for all orthopedic surgeons.

1 Current Topics in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Cross-Linked UHMWPE on Alumina Total Hip Arthroplasty.- The Difficult Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty.- A Radiographic Study of Noncemented Femoral Implants.- 2 Total Hip Arthroplasty with Nonpolyethylene Surfaces.- Wear of Alumina-on-Alumina Total Hip Prosthesis: Effect of Diametrical Clearance and Lubricant on Hip Simulator Test.- Ceramic Bearing Surfaces in Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Medium-Term Results of a Modern Metal-on-Metal System in Total Hip Replacement.- 3 Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty.- Femoral Bone Remodeling in Hip Revision Surgery.- Uncemented Femoral Revision.- Radiographic Results of Cemented Stem Revision in THA.- 4 Custom-Made Hip Prostheses.- Preoperative Simulation System for the ZCHW Custom Hip Prosthesis and Its Usage Through the Internet.- Results with a Custom-Made Stem.- Custom-Made Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty (Kyocera Expert 2).- Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty Using a Custom-Made Femoral Component with Sand-Blasted Surface.- 5 Computer Assisted Surgery.- Computer-Assisted Procedures in Orthopedic Surgery.- A Novel Combined Acetabular and Femoral Computer Navigation System.- Robodoc at Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik (BGU) Frankfurt: Experiences with the Pinless System.- 6 Computer Assisted Evaluation in Joint Replacement Surgery.- Intraoperative Analysis for Soft Tissue Balancing with Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Preoperative Computer Simulation Using a 3-D Template.- Virtual Implantation Using the ROBODOC Preoperative Planning Workstation.- 7 Current Topics in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Lateral Parapatellar Approach for Total Knee Arthroplasty in Valgus Knee or Patellar Subluxation.- Soft Tissue Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- HA-Coated Total Knee Arthroplasty: A 9-year HA Omnifit Experience.- 8 PCL Resection Versus PCL Retention in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Cruciate-Retaining Versus Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Argument for Posterior Cruciate Substitution.- Choice of PCL Substituting in HA Knee Arthroplasty.- The Bisurface Total Knee Prosthesis: A New Design with Posterior Stabilization.- 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty for Charcot Joint.- Long-Term Results After TKA for Charcot Disease.- Total Knee Arthroplasty for Charcot Knees: Two Cases Followed Up for More than 10 Years.- Total Knee Arthroplasty in Charcot’s Knees.- Key Word Index.