The bionic human:health promotion for people with implanted prosthetic devices

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Virgo Katherine S.; Johnson Frank E., 1943-
Published: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: Totowa, NJ
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-975-2
Carrier Form: xvi, 704 p.: ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN: 9781592599752 (electronic bk.)
1592599753 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R314
CLC: R314
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview / Frank E. Johnson -- Assessment of surveillance test performance and cost / Katherine S. Virgo -- Cost of follow-up after implantation of prosthetic devices / Katherine S. Virgo -- Factors that should shape clinical strategies / Frank E. Johnson -- A view from the US Food and Drug Administration / Thomas P. Gross ... [et al.] -- Societal issues / John H. Fielder -- Databases for studying the epidemiology of implanted medical devices / Deborah Shatin, Roselie A. Bright, and Brad Astor -- Tissue reaction to prosthetic materials / Nathan Ravi and Hyder Ali Aliyar -- Prevention of infection in prosthetic devices / Ramona E. Simionescu and Donald J. Kennedy -- Computer modeling / Ewout W. Steyerberg -- Breast prostheses: current recommendations for care of patients after implantation of breast prostheses / Forrest S. Roth, David J. Gray, and Christian E. Paletta -- Prostheses for hernia repair / R. Ivan Beretvas -- Penile prostheses / John J. Mulcahy -- Artificial urethral sphincters / David J. Rea, John P. Lavelle, and Culley C. Carson, III -- Cerebrospinal fluid shunts / Edward Rustamzadeh and Cornelius H. Lam -- Cochlear implants / Adrien A. Eshraghi ... [et al.] -- Ossicular implants / Adrien A. Eshraghi ... [et al.] -- Vascular prostheses / Karthikeshwar Kasirajan ... [et al.] -- Cardiac valves / M. David Arya and Arthur J. Labovitz -- Intravascular filters and stents / Lazar J. Greenfield and Mary C. Proctor -- Vascular access devices / Christopher N. Compton and John H. Raaf -- Osseointegrated dental implants / Steven E. Eckert and Sreenivas Koka -- Cardiac pacemakers / Preben Bjerregaard and Amr El-Shafei -- Joint prostheses and internal fixation devices / Thomas J. Otto and Coles E. L'Hommedieu.