Fifteen Years of Clinical Experience with Hydroxyapatite Coatings in Joint Arthroplasty

Ronald J. Furlong of the United Kingdom per­ the short term with this method of biologic fixation formed the first clinical implantation of a hydroxy­ of total joint implants has withstood the test of time. apatite-coated (HA) hip implant in 1985, about 18 Our thanks are due to the authors of chapters in this volume for the effort they made to write and years ago. This was followed in 1986 by other HA submit their work to us in a timely fashion. These clinical implantations conducted by the ARTR