Special Issue "Patient-Specific Implants in Musculoskeletal (Orthopedic) Surgery"
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Methodology, Drug and Device Discovery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2021) | Viewed by 40559
Special Issue Editor

Interests: revision arthroplasty; hip and knee arthroplasty; tumor surgery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Most of the treatments in medicine are patient specific, aren’t they? So why should we bother with individualizing implants if we adapt our therapy to patients anyway?
Looking at the neighboring field of oncologic treatment, you would not question the fact that individualization of tumor therapy with personalized antibodies has led to thriving of this field in terms of success in patient survival and positive responses to alternatives for conventional treatments.
Regarding the latest cutting-edge developments in orthopedic surgery and biotechnology, including new imaging techniques and 3D-printing of bone substitutes as well as implants, we do have an armamentarium available to stimulate the race for innovation in medicine.
This Special Issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine will gather all relevant new and developed techniques already in clinical practice. Examples include the developments in revision arthroplasty and tumor (pelvic replacement) surgery to recreate individual defects, individualized implants for primary arthroplasty to establish physiological joint kinematics, and personalized implants in fracture treatment, to name but a few.
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Rudert
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- patient specific
- orthopedic implants
- bone defects
- arthroplasty
- hip
- knee
- pelvis
- revision arthroplasty
- individualized implants
- 3D-printing
- tumor surgery