London April 30th -2nd May, 2009. IMechE - the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - is organising the conference entitled Knee Arthroplasty: From Early Intervention to Revision bringing together surgeons, engineers and industry to discuss the latest technology in knee arthroplasty, explore the issues related to the development of radical new designs and innovative new materials, as well as looking at advanced minimal invasive techniques and computer-assisted surgery.

The main programme topics will include, but are not restricted to:

• Indications and contra-indications (from repairing focal cartilage defects through to revision)
• Computer-aided surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• UKR (in conjunction with ligament reconstruction and mosaicplasty) • Patella-femoral replacement
• Total knee replacement
• Revision knee arthroplasty (surgical technique and biomechanics)
• Functional assessment of knee arthroplasty
• Surveillance of implant performance
• Wear
• Polyethylene
• Ceramics in knee arthroplasty
• Experimental testing (wear simulations, cadaveric testing)
• Computer simulation (pre-clinical testing, intra-operative planning, surgeon training, probabilistic analyses)
• New materials
• Biomechanics of the intact and implanted knee
• Musculoskeletal modelling If you work in this field and think others may be interested in your way of working or the technology being developed, why not share your knowledge and expertise by presenting at this event?

Deadline for abstract submission: November 3rd, 2008

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