Joint Arthroplasty

1 Wear and Pathogenesis of Osteolysis.- Friction and Wear of Artificial Joints: A Historical Review.- Matrix Degradation in Osteoclastic Bone Resorption Under Pathological Conditions.- Characteristics of Wear Particles and Osteolysis.- Wear Debris Analysis for Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Biological Effects of Polyethylene Particles In Vitro and In Vivo.- The Characterization of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) in the Interface Tissue Obtained from Failed Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty with Femoral Osteolysis.- Expression of Inflammatory Mediators by Human Macrophages in Response to Particulate Debris In Vitro.- Biological Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases and the Endogenous Inhibitor Proteins in the Periprosthetic Connective Tissue Remodeling Around Loose Artificial Hip Joints.- 2 Reduction of Wear and Osteolysis.- Dynamic Viscoelasticity of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene After Ethylene Oxide Gas or Gamma-Irradiated Sterilization.- Low-Wear Effect of High-Dose Gamma-Irradiated Crosslinked Polyethylene in Total Hip Prostheses.- Methods to Reduce the Wear of Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene.- Wear, Friction, and Mechanical Investigation and Development of Alumina-to-Alumina Combination Total Hip Joint.- Friction and Wear Tests of Ceramics for All-Ceramic Artificial Joints.- Optimal Wear Performance of Ceramic-on-Ceramic Bearings for Total Hip Replacement.- Articulating Metal Interfaces for Total Hip Prostheses.- Total Hip Arthroplasty with Hydroxyapatite-Coated Prostheses.- 3 Newly Developed Total Hip Arthroplasty in Japan.- Development of Y II Cementless Total Hip System Using a Socket with Three Spikes.- Development of the Keio-Kyocera Series Hip Prosthesis, Based on Morphological Analyses of Osteoarthritis of the Hip in Japanese Patients.- A New Model of Bone-Conserving Cementless Hip Prosthesis Made of High-Tech Materials: Kobelco H-5.- Development and Preclinical Tests of FMS and FMS-Anatomic Cementless Total Hip Stems.-