"Absorbable Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Implants constructed of materials designed to be absorbed by the body without producing an immune response. They are usually composed of plastics and are frequently used in orthopedics and orthodontics.
| Descriptor ID |
D020341
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.025
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| Concept/Terms |
Absorbable Implants- Absorbable Implants
- Biodegradable Implants
- Biodegradable Implant
- Implant, Biodegradable
- Implants, Biodegradable
- Bioabsorbable Implants
- Bioabsorbable Implant
- Implant, Bioabsorbable
- Implants, Bioabsorbable
- Implants, Absorbable
- Absorbable Implant
- Implant, Absorbable
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Absorbable Implants" by people in Profiles.
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Gong C, Shi S, Wu L, Gou M, Yin Q, Guo Q, Dong P, Zhang F, Luo F, Zhao X, Wei Y, Qian Z. Biodegradable in situ gel-forming controlled drug delivery system based on thermosensitive PCL-PEG-PCL hydrogel. Part 2: sol-gel-sol transition and drug delivery behavior. Acta Biomater. 2009 Nov; 5(9):3358-70.
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Hou R, Chen F, Yang Y, Cheng X, Gao Z, Yang HO, Wu W, Mao T. Comparative study between coral-mesenchymal stem cells-rhBMP-2 composite and auto-bone-graft in rabbit critical-sized cranial defect model. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2007 Jan; 80(1):85-93.
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Magee T, Shapiro M, Hewell G, Williams D. Complications of rotator cuff surgery in which bioabsorbable anchors are used. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Nov; 181(5):1227-31.
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Mandal TK. Development of biodegradable drug delivery system to treat addiction. Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 1999 Jun; 25(6):773-9.