Controlled In Vivo Mechanical Stimulation of Bone Repair Constructs

Bone grafts are used to treat more than 300,000 fracture patients yearly, as well as patients with congenital defects, bone tumors, and those undergoing spinal fusion. Given the established limitations of autograft and allograft bone, there is a substantial need for bone graft substitutes. Tissue...

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Main Author: Duty, Angel Osborne
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/5222