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Printed Biomaterials Novel Processing and Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery
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Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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Roger Narayan Thomas Boland Yuan-Shin Lee ●
Editors
Printed Biomaterials Novel Processing and Modeling Techniques for Medicine and Surgery
Editors Roger Narayan Department of Biomedical Engineering University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC USA [email protected] Yuan-Shin Lee Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC USA [email protected]
Thomas Boland, PhD Professor Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968-0520 [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-1394-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1395-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1395-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009940802 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The creation of substitutes to repair damaged tissues and organs dates back to the beginning of recorded history [1]. Several ancient civilizations dabbled in tissue repair; for example, Indian physicians created primitive skin grafts as long ago as 800 bc. It has been only within the past century that surgical understanding of vessel anastamosis and aseptic surgical technique have enabled transplantation and replacement of tissues [2]. There are many techniques for harvesting natural tissue for transplant use. The “gold standard” for natural transplantable tissue is called autograft tissue. This type of tissue is transferred from one site to another in the same individual. If one is lucky enough to have a genetically identical twin, also known as a monozygotic twin, this individual can serve as a source of isograft tissue. Autograft/isograft tissue use is associated with many problems. For example, additional surgery at the “donor” site can result in complications, including infection, inflammation, and chronic pain. In addition, the quantity of material that can be harvested from the donor site is limited. Another source of transplantable tissue is known as allograft tissue. In this case,
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