Charles Rivière • Pascal-André Vendittoli
Editors

2020

Hip and knee replacements are very successful procedures, despite the fact that they are affected by non-negligible rates of residual symptoms and complications. Unsatisfactory clinical outcomes are primarily explained by poor biomechanics of prosthetic joints. Interestingly, recent advances in both material and design of prosthetic components, as well as precise technologically assisted implantation, have not been game changers.