Description
This second edition of Joint Replacement Technology provides a thoroughly updated review of recent developments in joint replacement technology. Joint replacement is a standard treatment for joint degradation and has improved the quality of life of millions of patients. Collaboration between clinicians and researchers is critical to its continued success and to meet the rising expectations of patients and surgeons.Part one introduces the advances in joint replacement technology, tribological considerations and experiments, and immune and regenerative responses to joint replacements. Part two covers the materials and techniques used in joint replacement. The advantages and disadvantages of different metals are explained here, as well as the use of ceramics. This section also addresses challenges in joint bearing surfaces, design, and cementless fixation techniques. Biological and mechanical issues are considered in part three, including healing responses to implants and biological causes of prosthetic joint failure, and a new chapter on imaging of joint prostheses. Each chapter in part four describes the clinical challenges of replacing specific joints, with specific focus on hip, knee, intervertebral disc joint, shoulder arthroplasty, elbow arthroplasty, and pyrocarbon small joint arthroplasty.Thanks to its widespread collaboration and international contributors, Joint Replacement Technology is useful for materials scientists and engineers in both academia and biomedical industry. Chemists, clinicians, and other researchers in this area will also find it invaluable.- This second edition provides an updated comprehensive review of recent developments in joint replacement technology- Provides coverage for the most pertinent materials science and engineering issues in depth- Reviews the specific joints, biological and mechanical issues and fixation techniques
Table of Contents
Part I Introduction to joint replacement technology1. Developments in joint replacement technology2. Tribology in joint replacement3. Biological and chemical influence on immune and regenerative response to joint replacementsPart II Materials and techniques in joint replacement4. Metals for joint replacement5. Ceramics for joint replacement6. Joint bearing surfaces and replacement joint design7. Cementless fixation techniques and challenges in joint replacement8. Acrylic cements for bone fixation in joint replacementPart III Biological and mechanical issues in joint replacement9. The healing response to implants used in joint replacement10. Biological causes of prosthetic joint failure11. Failure mechanisms in joint replacement 12. Tribology and corrosion in hip joint replacements: materials and engineering13. Imaging of joint prosthesesPart IV Replacing specific joints14. Hip replacement: clinical perspectives15. Knee replacement: clinical perspectives16. Intervertebral disc joint replacement technology17. The history of shoulder arthroplasty18. Elbow arthroplasty19. Pyrocarbon small joint arthroplasty of the extremities
