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Percutaneous implant devices

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The major problems of implanted percutaneous devices include biocompatibility and infection. Experience with 127 implants in 43 patients and volunteers of Rancho Los Amigos Hospital is presented and shows that if mechanical forces are reduced to a minimum, prolonged success of these implants can be expected.

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  1. Amputee Center, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, 7601 East Imperial Highway, 90242, Downey, California

    Vert Mooney, S. Andrew Schwartz, Andrew M. Roth & Michael J. Gorniowsky

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Mooney, V., Schwartz, S.A., Roth, A.M. et al. Percutaneous implant devices. Ann Biomed Eng 5, 34–46 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02409337

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