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1 online resource |
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""DEGRADABLE POLYMERS FOR SKELETAL IMPLANTS""; ""DEDICATION""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ABOUT THE EDITORS""; ""PART I: BASIC SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING""; ""THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DEGRADABLE POLYMERS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS""; ""THE CHEMISTRY OF ESTERS""; ""THE CHEMISTRY OF POLYESTERS""; ""POLYMER TERMINOLOGY""; ""BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS""; ""POLYESTERS AS BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS""; ""1. Poly(lactic acid), PLA""; ""2. Poly(glycolic acid), PGA""; ""3. Copolymers of PGA and PLA, Poly(lactide-co-glycolide), PLGA"" |
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""4. Bacterial Polyesters""""5. Other Polyesters""; ""6. Polyurethanes""; ""BIODEGRADATION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""TIME-DEPENDENT FAILURE IN LOAD-BEARING POLYMERS. A POTENTIAL HAZARD IN STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS OF POLYLACTIDES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DELAYED FAILURE IN POLYMERS""; ""Phenomenology""; ""Origin""; ""Intrinsic Deformation Behavior""; ""Predictability of Failure""; ""Delayed Failure of Polylactides""; ""Materials""; ""Mechanical Evaluation""; ""Long-Term Performance of PLA's Vs other Glassy Polymers""; ""Influence of Molecular Degradation""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS"" |
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""CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF DEGRADABLE COMPOSITES""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""PRODUCT REALIZATION: THE PROCESSING OF BIOABSORBABLE POLYMERS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""THE PROCESS OF PRODUCT REALIZATION""; ""CRITICAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA""; ""Material Physical Properties Directly Affected by ""; ""Device Delivery""; ""Healing Response""; ""Wound Environment Issues""; ""Bioabsorbable Material Availability""; ""Manufacturability""; ""RAW MATERIAL""; ""POLYMER BLENDS AND COMPOSITES""; ""QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOLS""; ""MELT PROCESSING""; ""MOLDED THREAD FORMS""; ""MACHINING"" |
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Includes bibliographic refeneces and index |
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English |
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Description based on print version record |
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Polymers in medicine.
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Polyesters -- Biocompataibility
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Orthopedic implants.
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Polymers.
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Biomedical materials.
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Polymers
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Biocompatible Materials
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Materials Testing
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Prostheses and Implants
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Prosthesis Implantation
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Orthopedic Fixation Devices
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polymers.
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MEDICAL -- Instruments & Supplies.
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Orthopedic implants
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Polyesters -- Biocompatibility
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Polymers in medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wuisman, Paul I. J. M., editor
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Smit, Theodoor Henri, 1965- editor.
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| LC no. |
2020685044 |
| ISBN |
9781617283574 |
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1617283576 |
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1606924265 |
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9781606924266 |
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