Life-enhancing plastics [[electronic resource] ] : plastics and other materials in medical applications / / Anthony Holmes-Walker
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| Autore: |
Holmes-Walker William Anthony
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| Titolo: |
Life-enhancing plastics [[electronic resource] ] : plastics and other materials in medical applications / / Anthony Holmes-Walker
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Imperial College Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 610.28 |
| Soggetto topico: | Plastics in medicine |
| Plastics in surgery | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Life-Enhancing Plastics: Plastics and Other Materials in Medical Applications; Preface; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 Surgical Techniques; Chapter 2 Material Properties; Chapter 3 Materials in a Hostile Environment; Chapter 4 Contact Applications; Chapter 5 Short Term Contact Devices; Chapter 6 Medium Term Implants; Chapter 7 Permanent Implants; Chapter 8 Load-bearing Implants; Chapter 9 The Tools of the Surgeon; Chapter 10 Meeting New Challenges; Further Reading; Index of Names; Subject Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book enables readers without specialist knowledge to understandthe ways in which materials can be used to enhance people's lives. Therange is vast from simple contact uses, through artificial limbs,to permanently implanted devices. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Life-enhancing plastics |
| ISBN: | 1-281-86648-2 |
| 9786611866488 | |
| 1-86094-542-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450176803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Series on biomaterials and bioengineering ; ; v. 2.