Engineering the Knee Meniscus (Paperback)

The knee meniscus was once thought to be a vestigial tissue, but is now known to be instrumental in imparting stability, shock absorption, load transmission, and stress distribution within the knee joint. Unfortunately, most damage to the meniscus cannot be effectively healed by the body. Meniscus tissue engineering offers a possible solution to this problem by striving to create replacement tissue that may be implanted into a defect site. With a strong focus on structure-function relationships, this book details the essential anatomical, biochemical, and mechanical aspects of this versatile tissue and reviews current meniscus tissue engineering strategies and repair techniques. We have written this text such that undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers will find it useful as a first foray into tissue engineering, a cohesive study of the meniscus, or a reference for meniscus engineering specifications. Table of Contents: Structure-Function Relationships of the Knee Meniscus / Pathophysiology and the Need for Tissue Engineering / Tissue Engineering of the Knee Meniscus / Current Therapies and Future Directions

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Synthesis Lectures on Tissue Engineering
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Kyriacos Athanasiou • Johannah Sanchez-Adams
Dimensions:	235 x 191mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	90
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-101448-2
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > General
LSN:	3-03-101448-0
Barcode:	9783031014482

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