Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics

Author: Dominique G. Poitout
Published: January 2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
ISBN: 1852334819
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 654

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This book covers both basic concepts concerning biomaterials and biomechanics as well as their clinical application and experience from everyday practical use. This book will be of great value to specialists in orthopedics and traumatology, while also providing an important basis for graduate and postgraduate learning.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Preface - biomechanics and biomaterials
1 Bone as biomaterial 3
2 Biomaterials used in orthopedics 15
3 Bioceramics 22
4 Tissue adhesives in orthopedic surgery 35
5 Bone materials and tissue banks 54
6 Bone banks : technical aspects of the preparation and preservation of articular allografts 65
7 Clinical applications of bone substitutes 76
8 Orthopedic bone cements 86
9 Calcium phosphates in orthopedic surgery 101
10 Cement with antimitotics 111
11 Striated muscles, an underestimated natural biomaterial : their essential contribution to healing and reconstruction of bone defects 119
12 Wound healing : potential therapeutic modulation 126
13 Ceramic coating 137
14 Ceramics in orthopedics 143
15 Usual mechanical tests : mechanical properties of the fundamental elemental materials 159
16 Tribology of endoprostheses 168
17 Shape memory alloys and their medical application 179
18 Normal histologic architecture of tissue 189
19 Histology of bone callus 192
20 Tissue reactions to products of wear and corrosion 197
21 The influence of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on cell multiplication 203
22 Rational utilization of the stress shielding effect of implants 208
23 Cartilage cells 219
24 Articular cartilage : biomechanics, injury, and surgical treatment of defects 229
25 Massive allografts in hip reconstructions 247
26 Deep-frozen osteochondral allografts 253
27 Biomechanics of the spine during growth 257
28 Biomechanics of the growth plate 282
29 Biomechanics and the growth plate 287
30 Fractures in children 294
31 The pediatric hip 298
32 Custom-made hip prostheses 309
33 The mega-hip prosthesis surrounded by allografts 328
34 Biomechanics of osteosynthesis by screwed plates 330
35 Malignant bone tumors : from Ewing's sarcoma to osteosarcoma 353
36 Long bone metastasis 362
37 Rebuilding and prostheses in the event of periacetabular tumors 374
38 The biomechanics of the glenohumeral articulation and implications for prosthetic design 387
39 Biomechanics of the wrist joint 397
40 Spinal instability and imbalance : definition, clinical manifestations, and biomechanics 405
41 Biomechanic elements of the scoliotic spine 435
42 Pedicle screw fixation in thoracic and thoracolumbar burst fractures 440
43 Biomechanics of posterior spinal instrumentation 462
44 Biomechanics of sacral fixation 492
45 Intervertebral disk prosthesis 503
46 Optimized treatment of hip fractures 515
47 Normal and prosthesic hip biomechanics 528
48 The biomechanics of ligaments 550
49 Knee ligamentoplasty : prosthetic ligament or ligament allograft? 564
50 Correlated kinematic and dynamic studies of the knee joint during the stance phase of gait : biomechanical disturbances introduced by a knee pathology 570
51 Three-dimensional kinematic assessment of ligament rupture and surgery 585
52 Biomechanics for total joint replacements 600
53 Growth promoter : general principles and experimental studies on BMP 613
54 Reconstituted bone xenograft as a novel approach to using xenogeneic bone 621
55 Biomaterials : European regulatory and legal aspects - a synthetic approach 636

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