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A Classification of Prosthetic Ligament Failures

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Ligaments and Ligamentoplasties

Abstract

The vast majority of ligament implants have been constructed of the synthetic textiles. They are therefore composed of artificial polymeric materials and manufactured in fibrous structures organized according to the defined models. Since the studies of Voorhes et al. [16] and Harrison [4] which brought textiles into the implantable synthetic material field, more complex porous textile structures have been used for prostheses and surgical implants. Cardiovascular surgery was certainly the first area to benefit of artificial prostheses built from polyester-type (polyethylene terephthalate, polyester PET; Dacron) or polytretrafluoroethylene-type (polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE; Teflon) textiles (1952–1957). The first synthetic ligament prosthesis, a textile implant made of PTFE, was introduced by Gort and Rostrup [3] and Emery and Rostrup [2].

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  1. N. Duval
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  1. Biomechanics/Biomaterials Research Group Biomedical Engineering Institute, Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, P.O. Box 6079, Station “Centre-Ville”, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada

    L’Hocine Yahia Ph.D.

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Duval, N., Chaput, C. (1997). A Classification of Prosthetic Ligament Failures. In: Yahia, L. (eds) Ligaments and Ligamentoplasties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60428-7_8

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