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Title The bionic human : health promotion for people with implanted prosthetic devices / edited by Frank E. Johnson, Katherine S. Virgo ; associate editors, Terry Lairmore, Riccardo Audisio ; foreword by Arthur E. Baue
Published Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 704 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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 [and others] -- 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 [and others] -- Ossicular implants / Adrien A. Eshraghi [and others] -- Vascular prostheses / Karthikeshwar Kasirajan [and others] -- 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
Summary There are tens of millions of patients with various implanted medical devices in their bodies. This volume provides an in-depth analysis of practices for managing patients. It also provides justification of each of the practices employed with an emphasis on patients who are asymptomatic and have recovered from the implantation procedures
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
In Springer e-books
Subject Prosthesis -- Physiological aspects
Implants, Artificial -- Physiological aspects
Surgery -- Patients -- Health
Health education.
Prosthesis -- Complications.
Prostheses and Implants
Follow-Up Studies
Prostheses and Implants -- adverse effects
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Health Education
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Plastic & Cosmetic.
Implants, Artificial -- Physiological aspects.
Surgery -- Patients -- Health.
Health education.
Prostheses and Implants.
Follow-Up Studies.
Prostheses and Implants -- adverse effects.
Prosthesis Failure.
Prosthesis-Related Infections -- prevention & control.
Prothèses -- Aspect physiologique.
Prothèses internes -- Aspect physiologique.
Chirurgie -- Patients -- Santé.
Éducation sanitaire.
Prosthesis -- Physiological aspects.
Chimie.
Science des matériaux.
Prosthesis -- Complications
Health education
Form Electronic book
Author Johnson, Frank E., 1943-
Virgo, Katherine S.
LC no. 2005006247
ISBN 0896039595
9780896039599
9781592599752
1592599753
1280831901
9781280831904
9786610831906
6610831904