Human Biomaterials Applications

Part I. Biomaterials and Biocompatibility Studies. Biomaterials and Their Biocompatibilities, Luigi Ambrosio, Gianfranco Peluso, and Patricia A. Davis. Bacterial Adhesion to Biomaterial Surfaces, Yuehuei H. An, Richard J. Friedman, Robert A. Draughn, Edwin A. Smith, and Joseph F. John. Fine Structure-Property Relationships of Biomedical Ion-Containing Polymers, Huiying Chen, Yuankang He, and Di Qiang. Part II. Case Studies of Orthopedic Biomaterials. Bone-Inducing Factors in Osteoinductive Implants, Kunio Takaoka, Hideki Yoshikawa, Shimpei Miyamoto, Jun Hashimoto, Masashi Matsui, and Keiro Ono. Biopolymer Alloy for Surgical Plates, Joseph D. Gresser, Debra J. Trantolo, Donald L. Wise, David E. Altobelli, Michael J. Yaszemski, and Gary E. Wnek. Biological Response to Particulate Debris from Nonmetallic Orthopedic Implants, Michael A. Pappas, Christopher C. Schmidt, Arun S. Shanbhag, Theresa A. Whiteside, Harry E. Rubash, and James H. Herndon. Calcium Hydroxyapatite in Total Joint Arthroplasty, Kjeld Soballe and Richard J. Friedman. Bone Cement, Part 1, Joseph D. Gresser, Debra J. Trantolo, Hisanori Nagaoka, Donald L. Wise, David E. Altobelli, Michael J. Yaszemski, and Gary E. Wnek. Bone Cement, Part 2, Donald L. Wise, Debra J. Trantolo, Hisanori Nagaoka, Joseph D. Gresser, David E. Altobelli, Michael J. Yaszemski, and Gary E. Wnek. Part III. Biomedical Applications of Biomaterials. Biomaterial Considerations for Cardiac Prostheses, Yukihiko Nose, Yukio Ohashi, Kimitaka Tasai, and Michael E. DeBakey. Plastic Materials for External Prostheses and Orthoses, Allan G. A. Coombes, Christopher D. Greenwood, and John J. Shorter. Biomaterials in Vascular Surgery, Martin R. Back and Rodney A. White. Biomaterials in Ophthalmology, Giovanni G. Giordano and Miguel F. Refojo. Multiphasic or 'Pulsatile' Controlled Release System for the Delivery of Vaccines, Otute Akiti, A. Ganiyu Jimoh, Donald L. Wise, Gilda A. Barabino, Debra J. Trantolo, and Joseph D. Gresser. Part IV.Functional Biomaterials. Skin Repair with Cultured Cells and Biopolymers, Steven T. Boyce. Slow Release of an LHRH Analog to Reduce Serum Testosterone, Debra J. Trantolo, Joseph D. Gresser, A. Ganiyu Jimoh, Donald L. Wise, Richard C. Rhodes III, and Janet E. Hall. Regulation of Vascular Graft Healing by Induction of Tissue Incorporation, Howard P. Greisler. Tissue Regeneration by Use of Analogs of Extracellular Matrix, Diane L. Ellis and Ioannis V. Yannas. In Vitro and In Vivo Release of Naltrexone from Two Types of Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Matrices, Joseph D. Gresser, Debra J. Trantolo, Charles H. Lyons, Hisanori Nagaoka, Louis Shuster, Robert M. Swift, and Donald L. Wise. Index.