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We use the term bone-replacement material in a broad sense to cover all non-osseous materials which are, or should be, implanted for certain indications (acute fractures, delayed healing of fractures, pseudarthroses, tumours and bone defects of all kinds, arthrodeses and spondylodeses) with the aim of promoting bone regeneration. These materials should, if possible, be only a temporary replacement of the recipient’s bone. With regard to precise terminology, it would really be more appropriate to speak of “bone-transplant-replacement materials”.
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Katthagen, BD. (1987). Bone-Replacement Materials. In: Bone Regeneration with Bone Substitutes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71827-4_4
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