Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference (대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집)
- Volume 1996 Issue 05
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- Pages.221-222
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- 1996
Development of Porous Hydroxyapatite Ceramics for bone substitutes
뼈 대체재료용 다공질 Hydroxyapatite 세라믹스의 개발
- Lee, Joong-Hwan (School of Metallurgical & Materials Eng., Yeungnam University) ;
- Kim, Suk-Young (School of Metallurgical & Materials Eng., Yeungnam University)
- Published : 1996.05.17
Abstract
In order to prepare the porous hydroxyapatite (HA) ceramics with different porosity, interconnectivity, mechanical properties, surface chemistry and tissue response, several methods have been developed. Of the different forms of Porous HA ceramics which were prepared by various methods, only the coralline HA has undergone major clinical applications in orthopaedic, maxillofacial and ophthalmic surgery. In this study, totally synthetic macroporous HA ceramics with various pore size distribution were prepared. It is shown that the new reticulate HA ceramics, comprised of interconnected voids surmunded by a web of ceramic, have a morphology which mimics that of human trabecular bone.
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