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9. Iyengar GV, Kollmer WE, Bowen HJM: The Elemental
Composition of Human Tissues and Body Fluids . Verlag-Chemie, New
York, 1978.
A historical source.
10. Isaacson BM, Bloebaum RD: Bone bioelectricity: What have we
learned in the past 160 years? J Biomed Mater Res 95A:1270-1279, 2010.
Discussion of bone piezoelectricity, cellular response to electrical stim-
ulation, and clinical results of electrical stimulation for fracture healing.
11. Kossovsky N, Heggers JP, Robson MC: The bioreactivity of
silicone. CRC Crit Rev Biocompat 3(1):53-85, 1987.
Even supposedly inert silicones produce biologic responses including
delayed hypersensitivity.
12. Luckey TD, Venugopal B: Metal Toxicity in Mammals . Plenum,
New York, 1977.
Compilation of physiological function and toxicity of metals and their
compounds.
13. Merritt K, Brown SA: Hypersensitivity to metallic biomaterials.
In Williams DF (ed): Systemic Aspects of Biocompatibility . Vol. II. CRC
Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1981.
Review of field, with reference to clinical results. Includes critique of
Fisher's chapter on metal dermatitis (see above).
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JH, Lorich DG, Bolander M, Seelig J: Use of physical forces
in bone healing. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 11:344-354, 2003. J Arthroplasty
21:311-323, 2006.
Discussion of practical applications and clinical results for differing
methods of electrical stimulation.
15. Pandit S, Graydon A, Bradley L, Walker C, Pitto R:
Computed tomography assisted osteodensitometry in total hip arthro-
plasty. ANZ J Surg 76:778-781.
16. Salvati EA, Small RD, Brause BD, Pellicci PM: Infections
associated with orthopaedic devices. In Sugarman B, Young EJ (eds):
Infections Associated with Prosthetic Devices . CRC Press, Boca Raton,
FL, 1984.
Brief review of etiology and treatment of implant site infections.
17. Schmidt R, Nowak TE, Mueller L, Pitto R: Osteodensitometry
after total hip replacement with uncemented taper-design stem. Int Ortho
28:74-77, 2004.
18. Tharani R, Dorey FJ, Schmalzried TP: The risk of cancer fol-
lowing total hip or knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg 83-A:774-780.
19. Waters TS, Cardona DM, Menon KS, Vinson EN,
Bolognesi MP, Dodd LG: Aseptic lymphocyte-dominated
vasculitis-associated lesion: A clinicopathologic review of an unrecog-
nized cause of prosthetic failure. Am J Clin Pathol 134:886-893, 2010.
Case studies with histopathologic descriptions of ALVAL.
20. Williams DF (ed): Biocompatibility of Orthopaedic Implants . Vol. I
and II. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1982.
Part of a large series of works on “biocompatibility” edited by DF
Williams, these volumes provide information on biologic performance of
manmade biomaterials in orthopaedic applications.
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