**Meet the editor**

Dr. Samo K. Fokter obtained his medicine degree in 1985 at the Medical Faculty of Ljubljana University, Slovenia, where he also completed his residency in orthopaedics. He was a research fellow at the Orthopaedic Clinic of Zagreb, Croatia, visiting fellow in Basel, Switzerland, and Koeln, Germany. He is currently appointed as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Medical Faculty of

Maribor University and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical Faculty of Ljubljana University. He works as Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Trauma at Celje Teaching Hospital, and is current Immediate Past President of the Slovenian Orthopaedic Society at Slovenian Medical Association. He is a Board member of European Association of Research Groups for Spinal Osteosynthesis (ARGOSPINE) and an Assistant Editor in Chief of European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (EJOST). He dedicated a large part of his free time to active voluntary work at the Mountain Rescue Service of Slovenia.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Dariusz Tomaszewski

Barbara Lisowska

Chapter 5 **Hip-Spine Relations:** 

Chapter 1 **Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) and** 

Chapter 2 **The Stress Response and Its Functional Implications** 

**in Total Hip and Knee Replacement 35** 

**Treated by Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) 47**  Katarzyna Ogrodzka and Tadeusz Niedźwiedzki

**An Innovative Paradigm in THR Surgery 69** 

Tsutomu Gomi, Hiroshi Hirano and Masahiro Nakajima

Oscar Ares, Montserrat Tio, Juan Carlos Martinez Pastor,

**– Peak Stress Impact In Vitro Cemented Prosthesis 131** 

Chapter 3 **Provider Volumes and Surgical Outcomes** 

Chapter 4 **Gait Analysis in Patients with Gonarthrosis** 

Chapter 6 **X-Ray Digital Linear Tomosynthesis Imaging of Arthoroplasty 95** 

Chapter 7 **Blood Transfusion in Knee Arthroplasty 109** 

Chapter 8 **Acoustic Emission Studies in Hip Arthroplasty** 

Luis Lozano, Josep Maria Segur, Francisco Macule and Santiago Suso

N. Gueiral and E. Nogueira

**in the Immune Response After Surgery in Patients with Chronic Inflammation Undergoing Arthroplasty 15** 

**Markers of Brain Damage After Big Joints Arthroplasty 3** 

S. Rodriguez-Elizalde, R. Jenkinson, H. Kreder and J.M. Paterson

Jean Yves Lazennec, Adrien Brusson and Marc-Antoine Rousseau

**Part 1 Introduction 1** 
