Bone Grafting / edited by Alessandro Rozim Zorzi, João Batista de Miranda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zorzi, Alessandro., Editor.

Contributor:

Miranda, João Batista de, editor.

Zorzi, Alessandro Rozim, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bone-grafting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2012

Rijeka, Croatia : IntechOpen, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bone grafting is the surgical procedure in which new bone (bone graft) or a replacement material (graft substitute), is placed into bone fractures or bone defects to aid in healing. Bone grafting is in the field of interest of many surgical specialties, such as: orthopedics, neurosurgery, dentistry, plastic surgery, head and neck surgery, otolaryngology and others. In common, all these specialties have to handle problems concerning the lack of bone tissue or impaired fracture healing. There is a myriad of surgical techniques nowadays involving some kind of bone graft or bone graft substitute. This book gathers authors from different continents, with different points of view and different experiences with bone grafting. Leading researchers of Asia, America and Europe have contributed as authors. In this book, the reader can find chapters from the ones on basic principles, devoted to students, to the ones on research results and description of new techniques, experts will find very beneficial.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (IntechOpen, viewed October 19, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

953-51-6911-4

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access