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Institution of Mechanical Engineers Hip Conference 3 day Conference 19-04-2007 - 21-04-2007 One Great George Street Westminster London SW1P 3AA The main programme topics will include: • Conventional hip replacement • Conservative hip replacement (hip resurfacing, short-stemmed designs, etc. • Minimally invasive surgery • Navigation, robotic and computer assisted surgery • Revision surgery • Clinical assessment of implant performance • Functional assessment of hip arthroplasty • Surveillance of hip performance • Alternatives to hip replacement (osteotomies, tissue engineering) • Tribology and wear (metal on polyethylene bearings: hard on hard bearings; large diameter heads) • Bone cement and cementing techniques • Cementless fixation • Experimental testing • Computer simulation (Performance assessment; stochastic and probabilistic techniques; intra-operative planning) • Musculo-skeletal modelling

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