Bioresorbable materials are extensively used for a wide range of biomedical applications from drug delivery to fracture fixation, and may remain in the body for

Conventional materials technology has yielded clear improvements in regenerative medicine. Ideally, however, a replacement material should mimic the living tiss

Bioresorbable implants can be processed via conventional polymer processing methods such as extrusion, injection and compressing moulding, solvent spinning or c

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Biodegradable Metals" that was published in Metals

From a November 1999 symposium in Kansas City, Missouri, 12 papers explore aspects of biological implants that are absorbed by the body over time from the persp