Large diameter femoral and acetabular components -- Head Diameter of 36mm: New alumina on alumina bearing surfaces -- All ceramic tripolar Total Hip Arthroplasty: experimental data and clinical results -- Clinical advantages with large diameter heads -- 36mm Ceramic head for “difficult” cases -- Resurfacing in total hip replacement -- Seven years of experience in MoM resurfacing: Results and open questions -- Surgeon and resurfacing: considerations after a long experience -- Hip Resurfacing — a superior articulation concept? -- Consideration on disadvantages and problems of resurfacing -- In vitro biomechanical properties of a hip resurfacing system -- Comparison of functional activity of hip resurfacing with total hip arthroplasty -- Hard-hard bearing systems -- Radiological development of an alumina metal back cup during 5 years -- Metal Ion Hypersensitivity in Metal-on-Metal Hip Arthroplasty -- 28mm Head in Ceramic/Ceramic Total Hip Replacement -- Ceramic Bearings Enlarging the Range of Indications for Bipolar Prostheses -- Kinematic evaluation of total hip arthroplasty with various bearing materials -- Total hip replacement with all alumina bearings in patients under 30 years of age -- Ceramic knee -- PE wear in ceramic/PE bearing surface in total knee arthroplasty: Clinical experiences of more than 24 years -- Hypersensitivity reactions in association to arthroplasty -- Ceramic Knee Design -- Ceramic knee endoprostheses: reality or future? -- Hip Revision -- Comparison of clinical results between Ceramic-Ceramic Bearings and Metal on Polyethylene in Total Hip Arthroplasty -- Revision strategy after metal on metal THR failure: Conversion to ceramic on ceramic -- Modular neck and ceramic on ceramic coupling in revision total hip arthroplasty -- Experience with BIOLOX® option revision heads -- Acetabular cup revision: pitfalls and solutions -- Revision strategies in total hip arthroplasty with respect to articulation materials -- Tribology -- Hip Joint Simulators: State of the Art -- Highly Crosslinked Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene- (UHMWPE-) Acetabular Liners in combination with 28mm BIOLOX® heads -- Wear of Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene against Cobalt Chrome and Ceramic femoral heads -- US perspective on hip simulator wear testing of BIOLOX® delta in’ severe’ test modes -- Comparison of polythene liners with alumina liners in hydroxyapatite hip arthroplasty -- Edge Loading and Squeaking in Third Generation Ceramic-on-ceramic Bearings -- Tricks and tips: how to manage the implantation of ceramic implants -- Tricks and tips in every day utilization of ceramic on ceramic coupling -- Neck Modularity and CE/CE systems -- Off-set and ceramic on ceramic bearing -- Ceramic on ceramic cementless total hip arthroplasty in arthritis following congenital hip disease: an algorithm of the surgical treatment -- 32mm alumina on alumina hip replacement for femoral neck fracture -- Is there really a “safe zone” for the placement of total hip components? -- Tips of the trade: avoiding problems with ceramic components in THR -- Future Applications -- Direct to bone — possible ceramic solutions for monolithic hip implants -- Surface Activation of Implants -- Application of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins on Solid Implants -- Future applications in ceramics -- Poster -- The use of a ceramic “sandwich cup” in 140 hip arthroplasty with a 5 years follow-up or more -- THR Charnley type with Zr/Pe Bearing results at more than 5 years FU -- Wear Performance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Implantable PEEK against BIOLOX® Forte and BIOLOX® Delta -- Big diameter ball heads on Corail Stem: Rational indication and advantages -- The Role of Pre-Irradation Crystallinity on the Oxidation Resistance of UHMWPE -- The Effect of Pressure-Annealing on the Oxidation Resistance of Irradiated UHMWPE -- Wear Simulator Study of the Tripolar All Ceramic Hip Prosthesis -- Metallic but not ceramic wear particles increase prostaglandin E2 release and interleukin-1? (IL-1?) gene expression in human blood monocytes in vitro -- BMP-2 modified ingrowth characteristics of coated hydroxyapatite-titanium implants in aged sheep -- Ultimate Compression Strength Testing of Alumina Ceramic Femoral Heads in Revision -- BIOLOX® option: A new revision strategy with BIOLOX® ceramics -- Duolox®, a ceramic Bipolar System for Hemiarthroplasty.

This book presents you the latest and most up to date source of scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics and other alternative bearings in joint replacement surgery. The Symposium pays tribute and recognition to the many innovations and contributions that have been developed by the Italian Orthopedic Surgical Community in the field. This Symposium tries to preserve the continuity of past Symposiums by offering a well structured and balanced program with ample opportunity for effective communication and interchange of information and ideas between all interested members of the global orthopedic surgical community.