Orthopedic Implants
New biomaterials for orthopedic implants
... of orthopedic implants worldwide, there continues to be great interest in the development of novel technologies to further improve the effective clinical performance of contemporary treatment modalities and ...
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<p>Enhanced antibacterial properties of orthopedic implants by titanium nanotube surface modification: a review of current techniques</p>
... Abstract: Prosthesis-associated infections are one of the main causes of implant failure; thus it is important to enhance the long-term antibacterial ability of orthopedic implants. Titanium dioxide ...
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“A Review on Surface Treatment of Stainless Steel Orthopedic Implants” by Nishant Godbole, Shajit Yadav, M. Ramachandran, Sateesh Belemkar, India.
... new orthopedic implant coatings to address these ...conventional orthopedic prosthesis that will promote bone growth and differentiation of stem cells into osteoblasts leading to enhanced osteointegration ...
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Additive Manufacturing of Customized Metallic Orthopedic Implants: Materials, Structures, and Surface Modifications
... metallic implants, the structure should be modified based on the process to ensure the machinability of the ...metallic orthopedic implants processed by AM have drawn increasing attention owing to ...
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Development of nanofluorapatite polymer-based composite for bioactive orthopedic implants and prostheses
... In this study the n-FA/PA12 composite was prepared by cosolution method. The results indicated that incorporation of n-FA into PA12 was an effective way to improve the mechanical properties (such as compressive strength ...
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Specific Distribution within the Enterobacter cloacae Complex of Strains Isolated from Infected Orthopedic Implants
... of orthopedic implant ...of orthopedic material, two series of bacterial clinical isolates identified as ...infected orthopedic implants (n ⴝ 21) or from randomly selected samples of diverse ...
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Potential antibacterial mechanism of silver nanoparticles and the optimization of orthopedic implants by advanced modification technologies
... Although orthopedic implants have made huge improvement for functional reconstruction of patients with bone fractures or defects, however, implant failure and revision surgeries are needed once the ...
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A Tissue-Equivalent Phantom for the X-ray Evaluation of Polymeric Orthopedic Implants with Osseointegrative Coating
... In order to minimize the backside wear, new monoblock cups were recently developed, consisting of a UHMWPE liner direct- ly coupled to a metal shell or coated with titanium particles by means of compression moulding ...
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Atomic layer deposition of nano-TiO<sub>2 </sub>thin films with enhanced biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity for orthopedic implants
... in orthopedic applications. Nevertheless, implants may fail due to a lack of osseointegration and/or ...Ti-based implants has been proposed as a potential way to enhance tissue-implant interactions ...
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Custom designed orthopedic implants evaluated using finite element analysis of patient specific computed tomography data: femoral component case study
... The Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)-bearing component can also cause failures leading to revision surgery and replacement of all compo- nents. In many cases, the bearing surface is completely worn ...
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Influence of Statins locally applied from orthopedic implants on osseous integration
... Specimens were ground (Exakt, Norderstedt, Germany) until implants appeared in full length with maximum diameter. The bottom areas were glued to microscope slides, cut into 300 μ m sections with a diamond band saw ...
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Prophylactic Bactericidal Orthopedic Implants – Animal Testing Study
... This paper summarizes preliminary rat studies aim- ed at identifying the effectiveness of using electrically stimulated silver as a bactericidal agent for indwell- ing residual hardware devices (RHD). A variety of ...
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Evaluation of Quantitative Analysis of Cultures from Sonicated Retrieved Orthopedic Implants in Diagnosis of Orthopedic Infection
... To improve the microbiological diagnosis of device-related osteoarticular infections, we have developed a protocol based on the sonication of device samples, followed by concentration and inoculation of the sonicate in a ...
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Original Article Factors affecting the outcome of hemi hip arthroplasty in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures
... 1Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopedic Implants, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200011, China; 2[r] ...
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Studies on indomethacin intraocular implants using different in vitro release methods
... ocular implants of sodium alginate alone and in combination with hydroxypropylmethylcellulose with or without calcium chloride were formulated with indomethacin as a model ...the implants was evaluated ...
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Compudose, its effects on Hereford X Friesian heifers : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Applied Science (in Animal Science) at Massey University
... Compudose implants (Control), implants at 90 days of age (Compudose 90) and implants at 2 1 0 days of age (Compudose 2 1 0) on liveweight gains from implantation to ...
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An evaluation of superhydrophilic surfaces of dental implants - a systematic review and meta-analysis
... the implants are rinsed in a nitrogen atmosphere and then stored in a NaCl solution. A noble gas atmosphere followed by physiological salt protects the titanium sur- face from contamination with hydrocarbon and ...
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Challenging the knowledge base and skillset for providing surgical consent by orthopedic and plastic surgeons in the Netherlands: an identified area of improvement in patient safety
... A previous study demonstrated that SIC is poorly imple- mented in the daily practice of Dutch general surgeons [3]. One explanation was a possible high percentage of (semi-)acute procedures in general practice. ...
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THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF SKELETAL ANCHORAGE SYSTEM – A NARRATIVE REVIEW
... Orthodontic miniscrews have a failure rate of 13.5 %. Unlike prosthetic implants, the stability of miniscrews is not based on the principle of osseointegration suggested by Branemark. [9] In contrast, it depends ...
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COMMON ORTHOPEDIC PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN
... difficult surgical procedure. Time cornphica- tioims of slipped capital femmmoral epiphysis are a noimspecific rheumatoid-like arthritis wimich produces ami ammkylosis of the joint and s[r] ...
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