Endoprosthetic implants for mandibular reconstruction : fatigue behaviour analysis with an animal model

• Main Author: Yang, Dongni
• Other Authors: Liao Kin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38926
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reconstruction of the mandible is most often indicated as a result of trauma, diseases or tumour resection that caused loss of bone structures. Tideman and Lee1 proposed in 2008 a novel endoprosthetic mandibular implant as a potentially limb-sparing alternative to the methods employed currently. In...