Contemporary Hip Bearings: Doing Well? What Is Next?

“Getting Your Bearings”: Convergence of Clinical and Scientific Wisdom (Not Marketing)

Despite the lack of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, the use of antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate spacers has become an important step in treating chronic, deep infections o ...

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a 35,000 kd polypeptide growth factor that is synthesized by numerous cell types including platelets, macrophages, and endothelial cells...

Hydroxyapatite Stems: Long-Term Experience (Europe)

Osteobiologics is the study of bone formation and turnover. Clearly, this has direct relevance to orthopedics in general. Spinal applications are becoming better understood. ...

Three important terms are used when describing bone grafts and bone graft substitutes. An understanding of these three terms (osteogenesis, osteoconduction, and osteoinduction) is an esse ...

The term biomaterials is generally used to refer to synthetic materials used temporarily or permanently to augment or replace tissues and their functions. However, the most importa ...

Hydroxyapatite Coatings in Hip Revision Surgery

Three important terms are used when describing bone grafts and bone graft substitutes. An understanding of these three terms (osteogenesis, osteoconduction, and osteoinduction) is an essential prer ...