Biographies of Authors and Editors
Röstlund, Tord V. M.D., Ph.D.
Orthopaedic Surgeon at
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics, and
Department of Handicap Research, Institute of Surgical Sciences
Göteborg University, Box 412, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
E-mail: tord.rostlund@swipnet.se
Tord Röstlund, MD, Ph.D., is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in joint replacement. He has combined his clinical work with research in development of knee and hip prostheses for cementless application by the concept of osseointegration. Wear related problems have been of special interest for his research and during 1987 and 1988 he joined the Biomechanics Laboratory, Orthopaedic Hospital and Department of Orthopaedics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The research focused on the wear behavior of ion-implanted titanium and its alloy on UHMWPE. This work was presented as part of his thesis ÒOn the Development of a New Arthroplasty - with special emphasis on the gliding elements in the kneeÓ which was defended at the University of Göteborg in 1990.
