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Table of Contents:

Sect. I Component-Cement-Interface
1 Titanium Femoral Component Fixation and Experience with a Cemented Titanium Prosthesis 3
2 The Time-dependent Properties of Polymethylmethacrylate Bone Cement: the Interaction of Shape of Femoral Stems, Surface Finish and Bone Cement 11
3 Femoral Stem Design and Cement Mantle Stress 21
Sect. II Cement-Bone Interface
4 Histological Analysis of the Interface 33
5 Mechanical Analysis of the Interface 45
Sect. III Modular Interface
6 Clinical Implications of Component Modularity in Total Hip Replacement 59
Sect. IV Component-Bone Interface
7 Component Bone Interface in Cementless Hip Arthroplasty 71
8 Importance of Prosthesis Design and Surface Structure for the Primary and Secondary Stability of Uncemented Hip Joint Prostheses 81
Sect. V Articular Interface
9 Polyethylene as a Bearing Surface 105
10 The Metal/Polyethylene Interface 113
11 Metal on Metal Articulation in Total Hip Replacement 121
12 Alumina on Polyethylene Bearings 135
13 Ceramic on Ceramic Bearing Surfaces 143
Sect. VI Infected Interface
14 Periprosthetic Infection - Bacteria and the Interface Between Prosthesis and Bone 153
Index 163