Concept information
Preferred term
Prostheses and Implants
Type
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Definition
- Artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic purposes. Prostheses can be functional, as in the case of artificial arms and legs, or cosmetic, as in the case of an artificial eye. Implants, all surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically. IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL is available for those used experimentally.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Absorbable Implants
- Artificial Limbs
- Bioprosthesis
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Bone-Anchored Prosthesis
- Bone-Implant Interface
- Breast Implants
- Dental Prosthesis
- Electrodes, Implanted
- Embolic Protection Devices
- Eye, Artificial
- Fiducial Markers
- Glaucoma Drainage Implants
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Implants, Experimental
- Internal Fixators
- Joint Prosthesis
- Larynx, Artificial
- Lenses, Intraocular
- Maxillofacial Prosthesis
- Orbital Implants
- Ossicular Prosthesis
- Penile Prosthesis
- Prosthesis Design
- Punctal Plugs
- Septal Occluder Device
- Stents
- Suburethral Slings
- Tissue Expansion Devices
- Tissue Scaffolds
- Urinary Sphincter, Artificial
- Visual Prosthesis
Entry terms
- Prostheses and Implant
- Prosthetic Implant
- Prosthetic Implants
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- ethics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- statistics & numerical data (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- trends (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PS5HZXQS-R
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