Biological performance of materials : fundamentals of biocompatibility /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Marcel Dekker,
1999.
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| Edition: | Third edition, revised and expanded. |
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Table of Contents:
- General considerations
- Biocompatibility: definitions and issues
- Introduction to the biological environment
- Material response: function and degradation of materials in vivo
- Swelling and leaching
- Corrosion and dissolution
- Reactions of biological molecules with biomaterial surfaces
- Mechanics of materials: deformation and failure
- Friction and wear
- Implant materials: properties
- Host response: biological effects of implants
- The inflammatory process
- Coagulation and hemolysis
- Adaptation
- In vitro tissue growth and replantation
- Allergic foreign-body response
- Chemical and foreign-body carcinogenesis
- Mineral metabolism
- Systemic distribution and excretion
- Effects of degradation products on remote organ function
- Implant materials: clinical performance
- Test methods for biological performance
- In vitro test methods
- In vivo implant models
- Clinical testing of implant materials
- Standardization and regulation of implant materials
- Design and selection of implant materials
- Clinical performance of biomaterials.