The history of biodegradable magnesium implants: a review.

By F. Witte. Acta Biomaterialia, 2010

1,756 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Surgery

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9a7d546414ca69443dfe3e48584218e217e507e4

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Biomaterials

1. Nick Birbilis
2. A. Atrens
3. N. Kirkland
4. M. Staiger
5. N. Z. Abidin
6. S. Virtanen
7. P. Uggowitzer
8. S. Feliu

In Surgery

1. A. Atrens
2. Yeun-Ho Joung
3. N. Z. Abidin
4. Darren J. Martin
5. P. Uggowitzer
6. S. Virtanen
7. J. Hofstetter
8. Aldo R. Boccaccini

Citations in the corpus

• Mechanical Properties of Magnesium-Rare Earth Alloy Systems: A Review (2014, neutral): “, bone implants, stents [10–12].”
• Biodegradable magnesium alloys for orthopaedic applications: A review on corrosion, biocompatibility and surface modifications. (2016, background): “However, there are some problems associated with the use of permanent metallic implants [5-7].”
• Recent advances on the development of magnesium alloys for biodegradable implants. (2014, background): “The investigation of magnesium alloys as cardiovascular and orthopedic implants is not a new concept [21].”
• Assessing the corrosion of biodegradable magnesium implants: a critical review of current methodologies and their limitations. (2012, background): “Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been investigated since as early as 1878 for their potential use as a biomaterial [1].”
• Development of Implantable Medical Devices: From an Engineering Perspective (2013, background): “To date, effective biocompatible materials can be reported as follows: titanium and its alloys, noble metals and their alloys, biograde stainless steels, some cobalt-based alloys, tantalum, niobium, titanium-niobium alloys, Nitinol, MP35N (a nickelcobalt-molybdenum alloy), alumina, zirconia, quartz,”
• Enhanced surface integrity of AZ31B Mg alloy by cryogenic machining towards improved functional performance of machined components (2012, background): “Recently, they are also emerging as a novel biodegradable material for medical implants [12].”
• The in vivo and in vitro corrosion of high-purity magnesium and magnesium alloys WZ21 and AZ91 (2013, positive): “Mg alloys are gaining interest for biodegradable medical implant applications [1–13] due to a good combination of load bearing mechanical properties, and controllable corrosion rates.”