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Multi-Scale Modification of Metallic Implants With Pore Gradients, Polyelectrolytes and Their Indirect Monitoring In vivo
Published on: July 1, 2013
Characteristics of tissue growth into Proplast and porous polyethylene implants in bone
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
|September 1, 1979
Abstract:
(1) Bone does not form within internal pores of undistorted Proplast implants because of the small interconnecting pore size of the material; (2) the nonosseous, fibrous tissue which exists in the pores of Proplast implants in bone is not attached to the surrounding bone (i.e., Sharpey's fibers are not present). The load-bearing support which can be afforded by Proplast implants is limited by the incomplete bone ingrowth along the margins of the material and the tensile strength of Proplast.
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