Biomaterials

Western Health Orthopaedic Registrar presentation – Bone Grafts by Dr Jack Pang

• Material properties
• Bone as a biomaterial
• Bone graft
• Biomaterials of fracture fixation
  • Metals
  • Bioabsorbable materials
  • Complications
• Biomechanics of implant design and fracture fixation
  • Pin and wire fixation
  • Screw fixation
    • Machine screws
    • ASIF screws
    • Screw fixation techniques
  • Plate and screw fixation
    • Locking plates
  • Intramedullary nail fixation
    • Types of intramedullary nails
    • Reamed versus unreamed intramedullary nailing
  • External fixation
    • External fixation devices
    • Advantages of external fixation
    • Disadvantages of external fixation
    • Complications
    • Indications
    • Design and application of external fixators
• Cement (Polymethylmethacrylate)