Dear Colleague and Participant of Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty 8''h Biolox" Symposium It is a pleasure for us to be able to present you with the proceedings of this Symposium. This is something that we are very proud of, as it is the first time that we have been able to achieve our objective of distributing this collection of all presentations made at this Symposium in a printed form at this time. The achievement of this goal was reached in great part as a result of the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers as well as the commitment of the publishing house to assist us in every way possible to meet the strict deadlines imposed. Additionally, a special thanks must also be given to some very special people who diligently worked to make sure our objective was met. They are: Gertrud Volkert. M. D. and Petra Elster of the Steinkopff Verlag Publishing company and our own Symposium Administrator, Hedi Kissinger. We believe that you will find this book to be a valuable and useful addition to your reference library. We hope that within its covers, you will find the most up to date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear related problems in Orthopedic Surgery.

The most up-to-date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear-related problems in Orthopedic Surgery.The Symposium marks a very special and long awaited event: The approval for sale of the Biolox Wear couple by the Food and Drug Administration. This approval was made possible by the overwhelming proof of Safety and Effectiveness compiled by the clinical investigators and the American Orthopedic Implant companies over the last 7 years. A significant step forward towards the increasing acceptance of ceramic solutions in the USA.

Dear Colleague and Participant th in Ceramics 2004 . 9 International BIOLOX" Symposium We are proud of the fact that once again we have been able to give you a copy of the proceedingsof this symposium as a part of your registration materials. Thisisa majorachievement that wasonly made possible by the excellent cooperation of the speakers, the publishing house and their staff and the Symposium Administrator and her staff. We would like to thank all of them for their hard work and dedication in meeting the tight deadlinesrequired to make thisa reality. The proceedings of this symposium continue the on-going tradition of providing us with a valuable addition to our reference libraries. We hope that you will be pleased to receive thisbook, since within itscovers.you will find the latestscientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics in orthopaedic surgery. This is the first time that the symposium has taken place outside Germany. The reason we chose Paris, France,isobvious.ItisbecauseCeramTec hashad a long and close relationship with the French orthopaedic community and because this community hasbeen an incontestable pioneer in the use of ceramicsin the field of orthopaedics.Forthese reasonsit wasonly fitting to hold the symposiumin the capital city of this much respected country of orthopaedic achievement. CeramTec is pleased that the University Hospital Pitie Solpetriere. our Honorary Presidents Prof. Sedel and Prof. Mittelmeier and our Symposium President, Prof. Lazennec have collaborated with us in the preparation and in the execution of Ceramics 2004 . th 9 International BIOLOX" Symposium.

Dear Colleague and Participant in Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings In Joint Arthroplasty: 10*" International BIOLOX® Symposium We are once again very proud that we are able to present to you the proceedings of the Symposiunn as part of your registration materials. This group accomplishment has been made possible by the superb cooperation received from the speakers in sending us their manuscripts on a timely basis as well as by the supporting staff at both CeramTec and at the Publishing House in executing all of the details needed. We specially extend our most heartfelt thanks to the Scientific Committee for their assistance in evaluating and selecting the submissions as well as developing the Symposium program. We are more convinced than ever that the proceedings of this Symposium are a continuation of CeramTec''s tradition of providing all members of the orthopedic surgical community with a valuable addition to your reference libraries. We hope that this book will present you with 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.

Dear Colleague and Participant in Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint th ® Arthroplasty: 11 International BIOLOX Symposium We are once again very proud of the fact that we have been able to provide you with the proceedings of this Symposium as a part of your registration materials. This is a mayor achievement that could only be made possible by the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers, the publishing house and their staff and the Symposium Administrator and her support staff. Our special thanks to all of them for their hard work and dedication to meet the difficult deadlines required to make this a reality. The proceedings for this Symposium continue the on-going tradition to provide all of us with a valuable and useful addition to our reference library. We hope that within its covers, you will find the most up to date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear related problems in Orthopedic Surgery. This is the first time that the symposium takes place in Italy. The reason we chose Italy and in particular Rome is obvious as CeramTec has had a long term and close relationship with the Italian. CeramTec is pleased that our Symposium Chairmen, Professors F. Benazzo and F. Falez have collaborated with us in the preparation and in th the execution of Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty - 11 ® International BIOLOX Symposium.

"Zum Schutze des Menschen und seine Güter"Sicherheit ....ein Grundbedürfnis des MenschenSicher zu leben zählt zu den existenziellen Grundbedürfnissen des Menschen. Je unsicherer uns die Welt erscheint, desto stärker wird der Wunsch nach Geborgenheit in den eigenen vier Wänden, aber auch der Wunsch nach Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz.Schon zu Urzeiten wurde dem Bedürfniss nach Sicherheit z.B. durch den Einsatz von Stadtmauern (Schutz vor Eindringlingen), Spähern (frühes Warnen vor Angriffen), Zugbrücken (nur Berechtigten wird Zugang gewährt) usw. Rechnung getragen. Heute praktiziert jeder aktiv Sicherheit bereits in Form einer Zutrittskontrolle in dem z.B. ein KFZ-, Haus- bzw. Wohnungsschlüssel verwendet wird.Mit Zunahme der Kriminalität, wurde durch die Einführung der Elektronik eine stetige Verbesserung der Sicherheit gewährleistet. Sicherheit ist heute ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil des alltäglichen Lebens geworden.Die Angst vor Wohnungseinbrüchen beeinträchtigt das persönliche Sicherheitsgefühl nachhaltig. Die Furcht vor Einbrüchen im gewerblichen Bereich beinträchtigt dagegen oftmals die Zuversicht in die Zukunft der eigenen Existenz und/oder des Arbeitsplatzes.Mit dem GMA-Bookie erhalten kleine und mittlere Gewerbebetriebe sowie Privatpersonen unabdingliches Basiswissen um für Ihre (geplante) Investition möglichst eine geschlossene und harmonische Sicherheitskette zu erhalten. Das GMA-Bookie hilft, Ihre (geplante) Investition zu einer höchstmöglichen Sicherheit zu führen.Bebilderte und leicht verständliche Informationen sorgen für gute Verständlichkeit und erleichtert Ihnen die Entscheidung zu einer Gefahrenmeldeanlage.Wertvolle Tipps und Informationen bieten Ihnen die Möglichkeit den Umgang mit Sicherheit zu verstehen und gezielt zu Ihrem Vorteil umzusetzen. Fehlinvestitionen soll(t)en möglichst im Vorfeld vermieden werden.Dem richtigen Partner vertrauen! Fehlerhafte Montage oder Installation machen die hochwertigsten Vorrichtungen wirkungslos.

Dear Colleague and Participant of Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty 8''h Biolox" Symposium It is a pleasure for us to be able to present you with the proceedings of this Symposium. This is something that we are very proud of, as it is the first time that we have been able to achieve our objective of distributing this collection of all presentations made at this Symposium in a printed form at this time. The achievement of this goal was reached in great part as a result of the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers as well as the commitment of the publishing house to assist us in every way possible to meet the strict deadlines imposed. Additionally, a special thanks must also be given to some very special people who diligently worked to make sure our objective was met. They are: Gertrud Volkert. M. D. and Petra Elster of the Steinkopff Verlag Publishing company and our own Symposium Administrator, Hedi Kissinger. We believe that you will find this book to be a valuable and useful addition to your reference library. We hope that within its covers, you will find the most up to date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear related problems in Orthopedic Surgery.

The most up-to-date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear-related problems in Orthopedic Surgery.The Symposium marks a very special and long awaited event: The approval for sale of the Biolox Wear couple by the Food and Drug Administration. This approval was made possible by the overwhelming proof of Safety and Effectiveness compiled by the clinical investigators and the American Orthopedic Implant companies over the last 7 years. A significant step forward towards the increasing acceptance of ceramic solutions in the USA.

Dear Colleague and Participant th in Ceramics 2004 . 9 International BIOLOX" Symposium We are proud of the fact that once again we have been able to give you a copy of the proceedingsof this symposium as a part of your registration materials. Thisisa majorachievement that wasonly made possible by the excellent cooperation of the speakers, the publishing house and their staff and the Symposium Administrator and her staff. We would like to thank all of them for their hard work and dedication in meeting the tight deadlinesrequired to make thisa reality. The proceedings of this symposium continue the on-going tradition of providing us with a valuable addition to our reference libraries. We hope that you will be pleased to receive thisbook, since within itscovers.you will find the latestscientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramics in orthopaedic surgery. This is the first time that the symposium has taken place outside Germany. The reason we chose Paris, France,isobvious.ItisbecauseCeramTec hashad a long and close relationship with the French orthopaedic community and because this community hasbeen an incontestable pioneer in the use of ceramicsin the field of orthopaedics.Forthese reasonsit wasonly fitting to hold the symposiumin the capital city of this much respected country of orthopaedic achievement. CeramTec is pleased that the University Hospital Pitie Solpetriere. our Honorary Presidents Prof. Sedel and Prof. Mittelmeier and our Symposium President, Prof. Lazennec have collaborated with us in the preparation and in the execution of Ceramics 2004 . th 9 International BIOLOX" Symposium.

Dear Colleague and Participant in Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings In Joint Arthroplasty: 10*" International BIOLOX® Symposium We are once again very proud that we are able to present to you the proceedings of the Symposiunn as part of your registration materials. This group accomplishment has been made possible by the superb cooperation received from the speakers in sending us their manuscripts on a timely basis as well as by the supporting staff at both CeramTec and at the Publishing House in executing all of the details needed. We specially extend our most heartfelt thanks to the Scientific Committee for their assistance in evaluating and selecting the submissions as well as developing the Symposium program. We are more convinced than ever that the proceedings of this Symposium are a continuation of CeramTec''s tradition of providing all members of the orthopedic surgical community with a valuable addition to your reference libraries. We hope that this book will present you with 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.

Dear Colleague and Participant in Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint th ® Arthroplasty: 11 International BIOLOX Symposium We are once again very proud of the fact that we have been able to provide you with the proceedings of this Symposium as a part of your registration materials. This is a mayor achievement that could only be made possible by the excellent cooperation of all of the speakers, the publishing house and their staff and the Symposium Administrator and her support staff. Our special thanks to all of them for their hard work and dedication to meet the difficult deadlines required to make this a reality. The proceedings for this Symposium continue the on-going tradition to provide all of us with a valuable and useful addition to our reference library. We hope that within its covers, you will find the most up to date scientific and clinical information regarding the use of ceramic solutions to address wear related problems in Orthopedic Surgery. This is the first time that the symposium takes place in Italy. The reason we chose Italy and in particular Rome is obvious as CeramTec has had a long term and close relationship with the Italian. CeramTec is pleased that our Symposium Chairmen, Professors F. Benazzo and F. Falez have collaborated with us in the preparation and in th the execution of Bioceramics and Alternative Bearings in Joint Arthroplasty - 11 ® International BIOLOX Symposium.

"Zum Schutze des Menschen und seine Güter"Sicherheit ....ein Grundbedürfnis des MenschenSicher zu leben zählt zu den existenziellen Grundbedürfnissen des Menschen. Je unsicherer uns die Welt erscheint, desto stärker wird der Wunsch nach Geborgenheit in den eigenen vier Wänden, aber auch der Wunsch nach Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz.Schon zu Urzeiten wurde dem Bedürfniss nach Sicherheit z.B. durch den Einsatz von Stadtmauern (Schutz vor Eindringlingen), Spähern (frühes Warnen vor Angriffen), Zugbrücken (nur Berechtigten wird Zugang gewährt) usw. Rechnung getragen. Heute praktiziert jeder aktiv Sicherheit bereits in Form einer Zutrittskontrolle in dem z.B. ein KFZ-, Haus- bzw. Wohnungsschlüssel verwendet wird.Mit Zunahme der Kriminalität, wurde durch die Einführung der Elektronik eine stetige Verbesserung der Sicherheit gewährleistet. Sicherheit ist heute ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil des alltäglichen Lebens geworden.Die Angst vor Wohnungseinbrüchen beeinträchtigt das persönliche Sicherheitsgefühl nachhaltig. Die Furcht vor Einbrüchen im gewerblichen Bereich beinträchtigt dagegen oftmals die Zuversicht in die Zukunft der eigenen Existenz und/oder des Arbeitsplatzes.Mit dem GMA-Bookie erhalten kleine und mittlere Gewerbebetriebe sowie Privatpersonen unabdingliches Basiswissen um für Ihre (geplante) Investition möglichst eine geschlossene und harmonische Sicherheitskette zu erhalten. Das GMA-Bookie hilft, Ihre (geplante) Investition zu einer höchstmöglichen Sicherheit zu führen.Bebilderte und leicht verständliche Informationen sorgen für gute Verständlichkeit und erleichtert Ihnen die Entscheidung zu einer Gefahrenmeldeanlage.Wertvolle Tipps und Informationen bieten Ihnen die Möglichkeit den Umgang mit Sicherheit zu verstehen und gezielt zu Ihrem Vorteil umzusetzen. Fehlinvestitionen soll(t)en möglichst im Vorfeld vermieden werden.Dem richtigen Partner vertrauen! Fehlerhafte Montage oder Installation machen die hochwertigsten Vorrichtungen wirkungslos.