Word: ingrowth
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...better off than she was, but even an upgraded foot won't help her walk like a normal elephant. So cases like hers have inspired surgeons to begin experimenting with some radical new approaches that could potentially transform the field of prosthetics. One method is known as ingrowth, or osseointegration, a technique that skips the sleeves and cuffs altogether and attaches the prosthesis directly to the bone. "It is one of the hottest ideas in the field," says Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, associate professor of orthopedics at North Carolina State University, who tried the surgery (unsuccessfully...
...ingrowth method works by inserting a porous metal implant straight into the end of the remaining bone. Over a few months, the bone grows around the implant, providing a strong anchor onto which a prosthesis can be attached. Scientists are even finding that the softer muscle and skin tissue that also grow into the pores help prevent infection by producing a bacteria-resistant seal. That is exactly what Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon from Farnham, England, found when he successfully performed the procedure on a pawless pup named Storm a little more than a month...
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