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The degree of implant degradation was found to be correlated with both the implantation site and the properties of the implant materials under study. Implant degradation was found to be associated with interactions between the implants and macrophages or foreign-body giant cells: the numbers of these phagocytes varied with the implantation site in patterns corresponding with those accompanying implant degradation, and the morphology of the phagocytes also varied with the degree of implant degradation.
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Bakker, D., van Blitterswijk, C.A., Hesseling, S.C., Grote, J.J. (1989). Biodegradation and Phagocyte/Polymer Interaction. In: Williams, K.R., Lesser, T.H.J. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Interfaces in Medicine and Mechanics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7477-0_10
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