附註:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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
摘要: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.
