Sentence examples for of joint prostheses from inspiring English sources

This leads to a major unprotected surface area of joint prostheses favoring reinfection, especially in septic revision surgery.

The results obtained in this study suggest that PE-surfaces can be equipped with antibacterial effects and may provide a promising platform to finally add antibacterial coatings on wear surfaces of joint prostheses.

Their behavior in contact with biological fluids, cells, and tissues rules their suitability for a range of applications, which include bearings of joint prostheses, bone fillers, porous scaffolds, and coatings.

The specificity of 18F-FDG for differentiation between inflammation and infection is limited [44] and in the field of orthopedic surgery, the main disadvantage of the current techniques of 18F-FDG-PET/CT imaging relates to the inability to differentiate bacterial infections and aseptic inflammatory processes caused by mechanical loosening of joint prostheses [12],[12].

Thus both surfaces studied could be used for modification of bone implants (bone-anchoring parts of joint prostheses or bone replacements) in order to improve their integration with the surrounding bone tissue, for which improved cell substrate adhesion is also needed.

There was no seeding of joint prostheses.

Patients with loosening of joint prosthesis and patients with diabetic foot were accepted for the study.

One of the important factors preventing loosening of joint prosthesis is early fixation, i.e. firm attachment of the prosthesis to the bone.

The absence of such data for joint prostheses can be contrasted with the rich history of survival modeling for heart valves which has led both to relative product stability and well-defined indications for product selection [ 7, 20].

To exploit ceramic/metal composites for joint prostheses, efficient fabrication of FGMs with stable mechanical and tribological properties is desirable.

Therefore, we believe studies of the proximal tibial bone are relevant to the understanding of degenerative diseases and the design, fixation and durability of total joint prostheses of the knee.