Hip Replacement: Current Trends and Controversies - Softcover

Sinha, Raj K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367446995 ISBN 13: 9780367446994

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Hip Replacement offers useful strategies to

choose the appropriate biomaterials and implant structure

avoid complications in hip replacement surgery

analyze the bone-biomaterial interface

perform difficult hip reconstructions

track in vivo performance of hip prosthetics

inhibit implant loosening and the formation of wear debris

classify acetabular defects for surgical revisions
Providing nearly 200 figures, pictures, and micrographs to clarify surgical procedures, Hip Replacement is a timely and state-of-the-art guide for orthopaedic and hip replacement surgeons; geriatricians; biomedical, biomaterials, and chemical engineers and bioengineers; physical, materials, biological, and polymer scientists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

About this title

About the Author

Raj K. Sinha is Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Codirector of the Ferguson Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania. The author or coauthor of numerous journal articles, book chapters and professional publications, he is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, among others. Dr. Sinha received the B.S. degree (1987) from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, the M.D. degree (1989) from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Ph.D. degree (1993) from Thomas Jefferson University College of Graduate Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367446995
• ISBN 13: 9780367446994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448