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Paediatric devices that grow up

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Devices made with resorbable polymers and braided materials can accommodate tissue growth in long-bone and heart-valve animal models.

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Fig. 1: Comparison of fixed and growth-accommodating tibial implants.

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Hollister, S.J. Paediatric devices that grow up. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 777–778 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0147-0

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