Saturday, September 5th 2009

Session 3B: 8:00 am – 8:58 am

“Noise in THR”

Chair: A. Toni (Italy) and T. Pandorf (Germany)

M. Morlock (Germany)
Audible vibrations in hip replacement systems

C. Brockett (UK)
Assessment of squeaking in total hip replacements

K. Knahr (Austria)
The noisy THR: Is it just a ceramic issue?

C. Chevillotte (France)
Hip Squeaking: Biomechanics study of ceramic on ceramic bearing surface

Discussion

Session 3C: 8:58 am – 9:56 am

“Recommendations in hip arthroplasty with the use of ceramics”

Chair: S. Murphy (USA) and D. Howie (Australia)

T. Pandorf (Germany)
How important it is to use clean taper fixations

J. Y. Lazennec (France)
Revision strategy and clinical results with BIOLOX®OPTION

P. Lubinus (Germany)
How to avoid excessive cup angles?

R. Pitto (New Zealand)
Retroacetabular stress-shielding after uncemented total hip replacement:
ceramic versus polyethylene cup liners.
A randomised clinical trial using quantitative CT-osteodensitometry

Discussion

9:56 am – 10:20 am

Coffee Break

 

Session 4

“Tribology”

Session 4A: 10:20 am – 11:18 am

“Tribology in vitro”

Chair: R. Streicher (Switzerland) and L. Kerboull (France)

I. Clarke (USA)
Wear studies of BIOLOX®delta ceramic compared to BIOLOX®delta retrievals at 1–7 years

C. Kaddick (Germany)
Standardised wear testing of intervertebral spinal disc prostheses – a summary of 9 years of test experience

S. Scholes, A Unsworth (UK)
Tribological testing of BIOLOX®delta/BIOLOX®delta hip prostheses

M. Al-Hajjar (UK)
The influence of surgical positioning and function on the wear of ceramic on ceramic total hip replacement

Discussion

Session 4B: 11:18 am – 12:28 pm

“Tribology in vivo”

Chair: P. Lubinus (Germany) and S. Muirhead-Allwood (UK)

C. Hendrich (Germany)
Wear performance of highly-crosslinked polyethylene in combination with alumina heads – 6 years results

M. Hamadouche (France)
The in vitro and in vivo safety of 22.2 mm BIOLOX®delta ceramic femoral heads. A prospective evaluation

A. Hart (UK)
What can blood metal ions tell us about a metal on metal hip?

P. Kay (UK)
The role that metal-polyethylene articulation plays in today's hip arthroplasty

W. Siebert (Germany)
Ceramic vs. CoCrMo femoral heads in combination with polyethylene cups. Long-term wear analysis at 20 years.

Discussion

12:28 pm – 1:30 pm

Lunch

 

Session 4C: 1:30 am – 2:52 pm

“Long term experience with ceramics”

Chair: J. Y. Lazennec (France) and J. Skinner (UK)

G. Pflüger (Austria)
Is there an influence of bearing couples for radiolucent lines in cementless fixed hip stem?

F. Benazzo (Italy)
Ten years of experience with ceramic-ceramic bearing in total hip arthroplasty

A. Kusaba (Japan)
Uncemented ceramic on ceramic bearing for dysplastic hips – To advantage the bearing property: from a viewpoint of surgeon –

R. Raman (UK)
Big Balls – the ceramic experience

N. Sugano (Japan)
Accurate Surgery – Technical Long Term Results

J. W. Mesko (USA)
Ceramic on ceramic hip outcome at a 5- to 10-year interval: Has it lived up to its expectations?

Discussion

Panel Discussion 2:52 pm – 3:22 pm

“Big bearings and implant positioning – More or less?”

Chair: G. Bannister (UK)

D. Berry (USA))
P. Kay (UK)
M. Norton (UK)
S. Muirhead-Allwood (UK)

Discussion

Session 5: 3:22 am – 4:32 pm

“Outlook and future applications”

Chair: F. Benazzo (Italy) and N. Sugano (Japan)

A. Olmeda (Italy)
Preliminary experience with CeramTec duo biarticular cups

K. Wilson (UK)
Initial fixation of the DeltaMotion cup system

W. Mittelmeier (Germany)
A national prospective Duocenter study on the clinical and radiological outcome of the Multigen Plus Total Knee System with a BIOLOX®delta ceramic femoral component

P. Dalla Pria (Italy)
Wear results worst case CoCr vs. Multigen ceramic

R. Burgkardt (Germany)
Mechanical and histological results of a porous ceramic coating based on BIOLOX®delta

Discussion

4:32 pm

Closing Remarks

4:45 pm pm

End of Symposium