Body implants

Foreign-Body Granuloma after Metacarpal Fracture Treatment with Absorbable Implants

The treatment of unstable fractures or complex injuries of the hand frequently requires the implementation of rigid internal fixation. Traditionally, metallic implants have been used to achieve stability. However, the complication rates of metallic implants are high, with major complications reported in 36% of the patients considered in a series [1]. These complications included nonunion, delay...

Foreign Body Response to Subcutaneous Implants in Diabetic Rats

Implantation of synthetic matrices and biomedical devices in diabetic individuals has become a common procedure to repair and/or replace biological tissues. However, an adverse foreign body reaction that invariably occurs adjacent to implant devices impairing their function is poorly characterized in the diabetic environment. We investigated the influence of this condition on the abnormal tissu...

Speech Perception in Children with Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants provide access to the speech signal in children with hearing loss that often cannot benefit from acoustic hearing aids. However, despite the numerous positive results in pediatric cochlear implantation, published data still indicated a wide range of performance among implant recipients. Hence, a need to study the possible variables that can affect performance, could account fo...

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

Evaluation of Stability in Short Implants Compared to Standard Implants using Periotest ®: A Pilot Study

Introduction: Among different non-invasive approaches for determining the stability of the implant within the bone is to use a dynamic device called Periotest®.It is designed to provide objective measurement of tooth mobility. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the stress transfer and stability in short and standard dental implants using Periotest®</sup...