Chapter 25 Mortality After Total Hip Arthroplasty Wadih Y. Matar, Armin Aalami Harandi and Javad Parvizi Key Points • Most deaths are related to cardiorespiratory complications. • Reported mortality rates at 30…
Chapter 22 Minimally Invasive Hip Arthroplasty R. Michael Meneghini and Mark W. Pagnano Key Points • The risks and benefits of minimally invasive surgical approaches for total hip arthroplasty (THA) remain…
Chapter 8 Materials in Hip Surgery Metals as a Bearing Material Sophie Williams and John Fisher Key Points • Metal (usually >0.2% carbon cobalt chromium molybdenum) is used as a bearing…
Fig. 1 Schematic drawing of the pressure myograph setup used for the described protocols 1. Regular microscope. 2. Micro-forceps, micro-scissors, and petri dish for dissection. 3. Glass pipettes…
Fig. 1 Tools to dissect and mount the vessels into the wire myograph. The small petri dish contains 2-cm-long wires. The blue mark on the petri dish marks a length…
Fig. 1 Schematic describing aortic flow cytometry protocol 2 Materials 2.1 Harvest Aorta 1. Microdissection tools. 2. Surgical microscope (e.g., Diagnostic Instruments Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan). 3. 1×…
Fig. 1 Morphology of normal and apoptotic smooth muscle cell nuclei. (a) Control mouse carotid artery demonstrating normal nuclear morphology. (b) Carotid artery showing nuclear condensation (filled arrows) compared to…
Fig. 1 Gravity flow apparatus for vascular perfusion. Perfusant is suspended at a height of 60 cm above the mice to be perfused so as to maintain a pressure of…
Fig. 1 Double-collagenase digestion procedure for VSMC isolation from aorta 3.2 Mouse Aorta Dissection 1. Select mice from which aortas will be dissected. Usually 5–10 mice are required for…
Fig. 1 Treatment with minocycline and ebselen reduced endothelial permeability, plaque burden, and gadofosveset uptake. A1 through D1 and A2 through D2, Cross-sectional delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) fused…
