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  A Review on Current Status of Biodegradable Surgical Implant Materials

  By Vadher Krunalkumar Valjibhai, Daramwar Raghavendra G

  Abstract: Since many years, inert metals such as stainless steel, cobalt-chromium and titanium alloys have been the primary biomaterials used for load bearing applications. In order to these metallic implants such as pins, screws and plates for repairing the defects have to be removed by secondary surgery once the bone tissue is healed, which will increase the morbidity, pain and cost. Hence conventional metallic biomaterials are biocompatible but not biodegradable. At …

  Published in Journal of Instrumentation Technology & Innovations · Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 5–15 Read article →