Karl Knahr Editor 2011 Successful long-term results of total hip arthroplasty are mainly due to two facts: long-term stability of the implant and minimal wear of the articulating surfaces. Nowadays fixation of the implant component appears to be a minor problem as both options – cementless fixation and fixation using fourth generation cementing techniques – can achieve excellent long-term […]

Jean-Pierre Vidalain • Tarik Aït Si Selmi David Beverland • Steve Young • Tim Board Jens Boldt • Scott Brumby (Editors) 2011 A Practical Approach Based on 25 Years of Experience Twenty-five years already! In the history of the Corail® prosthesis, this quarter century is certainly an appropriate period of time after which to stand back […]

Giovanni Di Giacomo • Alberto Costantini • Andrea De Vita • Nicola de Gasperis Editors 2011 Alternative Surgical Techniques Shoulder arthroscopy is an instrument of undisputable success, but the intense use of the technique in recent years, in particular to correct shoulder instability, has revealed limitations that have become the focus of ongoing discussion.

Fabrizio Margheritini · Roberto Rossi (Eds.) 2011 Principles and Practice Sports Medicine is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that has benefited from recent scientific and clinical advances in many medical specialties, including Nutrition, Physiology, Biomechanics, and, of course, Orthopedics.

Nicola Maffulli • Mark Easley (Editors) 2011 Orthopedic surgeons have already embraced minimally invasive procedures such as total and partial knee replacements, total hip replacements, and rotator cuff repairs. Inevitably, the technical challenge, the requests of patients and the imagination of surgeons has prompted more and more of us to perform surgery through small incisions in the foot […]

Todd P. Stitik Editor 2011 Osteoarthritis and Related Conditions It has been my belief, ever since I was a resident physician and performed my first musculoskeletal injection procedure (a carpal tunnel injection for a patient whom I had diagnosed by EMG testing with carpal tunnel syndrome), that better instructional material was needed for musculoskeletal medicine injection procedures.

Edited by George Bentley 2011 European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology The 11th volume of the EFORT European Instructional Lectures is a collection of all the Lectures to be presented at the 11th Congress in Copenhagen from 1st to 4th of June 2011.As always the topics are chosen to reflect some aspects of current […]

Sam W. Wiesel · John N. Delahay Editors 2011 The fourth edition of the Essentials of Orthopedic Surgery is directed to students who are beginning their study of the musculoskeletal system. This would include medical students and residents interested in orthopedic surgery, physiatry, rheumatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, and general internal medicine.

Mark R. Pitkin 2011 Introduction to Sanomechanics Until I was 47, I was generally healthy and considered myself to be quite athletic. I would jog two to three miles a couple of times a week; every other day I went to the gym, worked out with weights, and would finish with a swim and the sauna. I […]

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso (Editor) 2011 This monograph reflects my deep interest in the pathology of the knee, particularly that of the extensor mechanism, and to emphasize the great importance I give to the concept of subspecialization, this being the only way to confront the deterioration and mediocrity of our specialty, Orthopaedic Surgery; and to provide our patients with better care.