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  2. List of orthopedic implants - Wikipedia

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    Orthopedic implant example seen with X-ray. An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone, or to support a damaged bone. [1] The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. [2]

  3. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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    Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability, most commonly offered when joint pain is not diminished by conservative sources.

  4. Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene - Wikipedia

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    These new materials are cross-linked with gamma or electron beam radiation (50–105 kGy) and then thermally processed to improve their oxidation resistance. [1] Five-year clinical data, from several centers, are now available demonstrating their superiority relative to conventional UHMWPE for total hip replacement (see arthroplasty). [24]

  5. Bone cement - Wikipedia

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    Bone cement is considered a reliable anchorage material with its ease of use in clinical practice and particularly because of its proven long survival rate with cemented-in prostheses. Hip and knee registers for artificial joint replacements such as those in Sweden and Norway [2] clearly demonstrate the advantages of cemented-in anchorage. A ...

  6. David Giorgio Mendes Nassi - Wikipedia

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    Most challenging was the initiation of Joints Replacement with Artificial Implants of the Hip and Knee for diseases such as Arthritis . In 1980 Mendes formed the Center for Implant Surgery which gained the support of then Minister of Health, Eliezer Shostak and the Hospital director Dov Golan.

  7. Hip prosthesis zones - Wikipedia

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    Zones of a hip prosthesis, by the DeLee and Charnley system, [1] and the Gruen system. [2] After hip replacement, hip prosthesis zones are regions in the interface between prosthesis material and the surrounding bone. These are used as reference regions when describing for example complications including hip prosthesis loosening on medical imaging.

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