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Biomaterials for spinal surgery /
There have been important developments in materials and therapies for the treatment of spinal conditions. Biomaterials for spinal surgery summarizes this research and how it is being applied for the benefit of patients. After an introduction to the subject, part one reviews fundamental issues, such...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA :
Woodhead Publishing Ltd.,
2012.
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in materials.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction to biomaterials for spinal surgery. Part 1 Fundamentals of biomaterials for spinal surgery: An overview of the challenges of bringing a medical device for the spine to the market
- Introduction to spinal pathologies and clinical problems of the spine
- Forces on the spine
- Finite element modelling of the spine
- Osteobiologic agents in spine surgery. Part 2 Spinal fusion and intervertebral discs: Spine fusion: cages, plates and bone substitutes
- Artificial intervertebral discs
- Biological response to artificial discs. Part 3 Vertobroplasty and scoliosis surgery: The use of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in neurosurgery
- Optimising the properties of injectable materials for vertebraplasty and kyphoplasty
- Injectable calcium phosphates for vertebral augmentation
- Composite injectable materials for vertebroplasty
- Scoliosis implants: surgical requirements
- Shape memory, superelastic and low Young's modulus alloys. Part 4 Regenerative medicine in the spine: Cell-based tissue engineering approaches for disc regeneration
- Angiogenesis control in spine regeneration
- Stem cells for disc regeneration
- Nucleus regeneration
- In vivo models of regenerative medicine in the spine.