EAN: 9783319153100

PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN JOINT REPLACEMENT - MICHAEL...

This book is written for the users and designers of joint replacements. In its second extended
edition it conveys to the reader the knowledge accumulated by the authors during their forty
year effort on the development of replacement devices for the lower limb for the purpose of
aiding the reader in their design and evaluation of joint replacement devices. The early
chapters describe the engineering  scientific and medical principles needed for replacement
joint evaluation. One must understand the nature and performance of the materials involved and
their characteristics in vivo  i.e. the response of the body to implant materials. It is also
essential to understand the response of the implants to applied loading and motion 
particularly in the hostile physiological environment. A chapter describes the design
methodology now required for joint replacement in the USA and EU countries. The remaining
chapters provide a history of joint replacement  an evaluation of earlier and current devices
and sample case histories of some of the authors' devices. The present second edition includes
various additional case reports as well as a new chapter devoted to the shoulder. Drs. Buechel
an orthopaedic surgeon  and Pappas  a professor of Mechanical Engineering  are the designers of
several successful joint replacement systems. The most well-known of these is the pioneering
LCS knee replacement.

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