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Table of Contents:

I General Information
1 The History of Joint Replacement Arthroplasty 3
2 Polymethylmethacrylate 7
3 Metallic Alloys 19
4 The History of Improved Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene: Past, Present, and Future 28
5 The Articulation 34
6 Individual Host Reponse to Foreign Materials 45
7 Oncogenesis and Foreign Materials 51
8 Transfusion Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery 58
Blood and Blood Products 58
9A The Cardiac Patient 68
9B Pulmonary Disease and Surgery 72
9C The Diabetic Patient 75
9D Care and Evaluation of the Patient with Renal Disease 77
10 Prevention of Prosthetic Joint Infection 79
11 Venous Thromboembolism and Total Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery 92
12 Anesthetic Considerations 104
13 Perioperative Mortality Associated with Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 119
14 Outcome Studies, Measurement Tools, and Impairment Evaluation After Joint Replacement 128
15 Statistical Condiserations 134
II The Hand and Wrist
16 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 141
17 Practical Biomechanics 152
18 Arthroplasty of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint 163
19 Arthroplasty of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint 175
20 Arthroplasty of the Thumb Axis 204
21 The Distal Radioulnar Joint 226
22 Arthroplasty of the Wrist 244
III The Elbow
23 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 269
24 Relevant Biomechanics 286
25 Radial Head Prosthetic Replacement 294
26 Resurfacing Elbow Replacement Arthroplasty 303
27 Semiconstrained Total Elbow Replacement: Indications and Surgical Technique 316
28 Results of Semiconstrained Replacement for Rheumatoid Arthritis 329
29 Semiconstrained Elbow Replacement: Results in Traumatic Conditions 338
30 Complications of Total Elbow Arthroplasty 352
31 The Treatment of the Infected Total Elbow Arthroplasty 379
32 Revision/Salvage Total Elbow Arthroplasty 389
IV The Shoulder
33 Shoulder Arthroplasty: Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 407
34 Relevant Biomechanics 423
35 Arthroplasty for Acute Fractures of the Proximal Humerus 430
36A Shoulder Arthroplasty for Arthritis 438
36B Shoulder Arthroplasty for Osteonecrosis 450
36C Shoulder Arthropathy for Cuff-tear Arthroplasty 459
36D Rotator Cuff Deficiency 464
36E Bone Deficiency in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty 470
37 Arthroplasty for Shoulder Arthritis and Applications to Shoulder Arthroplasty 478
38 Shoulder Component Design and Fixation 494
39 Rehabilitation and Activities After Shoulder Arthroplasty 502
40 Results of Shoulder Arthroplasty 511
41 Complications in Shoulder Arthroplasty 521
42 Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty 543
V The Hip
43 Historical Perspective of Hip Arthroplasty 557
44 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 566
45 Biomechanics 594
46 Cemented Acetabular Components 602
47 Uncemented Acetabular Components 609
48 Cemented Femoral Components 617
49 Uncemented Femoral Components 637
50 Resurfacing Hip Arthroplasty 657
51 Conservative Replacement Designs: Metaphyseal Fixed Implants 669
52 Arthroplasty for Developmental Hip Dysplasia 681
53 The Young Patient: Indications and Results 696
54 Proximal Femoral Deformity 708
55A Proximal Femoral Fracture 722
55B Prosthetic Replacement for Intertrochanteric Fracture and Intertrochanteric Nonunion 733
56 Total Hip Arthroplasty After Acetabular Fracture 744
57 Avascular Necrosis 752
58 Parkinson's Disease 770
59 Hip Arthroplasty in Paget's Disease 774
60A Neoplasms: Primary Pathologic Conditions 783
60B Neoplasms: Metastatic Disease 793
61 Evaluation of the Painful Total Hip Arthroplasty 811
62 Acetabular Revision: Techniques and Results 824
63 Femoral Revision Without Structural Augmentation 844
64 Diagnosis and Treatment of the Infected Hip Arthroplasty 856
65 Dislocation 875
66 Ectopic Bone 891
67 Periprosthetic Fractures Associated with Hip Arthroplasty 902
68 Nerve Palsy After Total Hip Arthroplasty 920
69 Vascular Injuries Associated with Hip Arthroplasty 928
70 Leg Length Inequality 935
VI The Knee
71 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 945
72A Biomechanics of the Knee 960
72B Biomechanics and Design of Artificial Knee Joints 968
73 Posterior Cruciate Ligament Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty 976
74 Posterior Cruciate-Substituting-and-Sacrificing Total Knee Arthroplasty 982
75 Uncemented Total Knee Arthroplasty 993
76 Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty 1002
77 Mobile-Bearing Knee 1013
78 Managing Deformity: Total Knee Arthroplasty Techniques 1023
79 Extensor Mechanism Problems Following Total Knee Arthroplasy 1036
80 Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Techniques and Results 1053
81 Management of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty 1070
VII The Foot and Ankle
82 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches 1093
83 Biomechanics 1110
84 Prosthetic Intervention of the Great Toe 1121
85 Ankle Replacement Arthroplasty 1133
86 Complications of Replacement Arthroplasty of the Ankle 1151
Index 1173