Clinical applications of bone allografts and substitutes : biology and clinical applications / editor, Glyn O. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Glyn O.

Series:

Allografts in bone healing ; v. 3.

Allografts in bone healing ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bone-grafting.

Bones--Surgery.

Bones.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although bone allografts were first utilized by McEwen in orthopaedic surgery in 1881, progress since then has been sporadic. With the growth of tissue banks and the greater availability of safe and sterile bone grafts, the pace has now quickened; in 2004, more than one million such grafts were used in the USA alone. However, the practice generally remained a "cottage industry" well into the latter part of the 20th century. This volume provides an international expert evaluaton of the current use of bone, bone substitutes and related allografts, and describes up-to-date practices and clinical

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; 1 IAEA CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE RADIATION STERILISATION OF TISSUE ALLOGRAFTS: REQUIREMENTS FOR VALIDATION AND ROUTINE CONTROL; 2 PRESERVED BONE ALLOGRAFTS IN RECONSTRUCTIVE ORTHOPAEDICS; 3 CLINICAL STRATEGY FOR APPLICATION OF DEEP FROZEN-RADIATION STERILISED BONE ALLOGRAFTS; 4 CLINICAL RESULTS AND ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS OF AUTOGENOUS AND ALLOGENOUS BONE GRAFTING IN THE TREATMENT OF 226 PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY OSSEOUS NEOPLASMS

5 NEW APPROACHES TO COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ALLOGENIC AND AUTOLOGOUS BONE TRANSPLANTS PROCURED IN VARIOUS WAYS; 6 THE USE OF FREEZE-DRIED MINERALISED AND DEMINERALISED BONE; 7 PRESERVED ALLOGENIC RIB CARTILAGE IN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; 8 BONE SUBSTITUTES AND RELATED MATERIALS IN CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611881276

9781281881274

1281881279

9789812701114

9812701117

OCLC:

476063294