Prostheses and Implants
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.
Year introduced: 1998
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Tree Number(s): E07.695
MeSH Unique ID: D019736
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- Implants and Prostheses
- Prostheses and Implant
- Implant and Prostheses
- Prosthetic Implant
- Implant, Prosthetic
- Implants, Prosthetic
- Prosthetic Implants
- Implants, Artificial
- Artificial Implant
- Artificial Implants
- Implant, Artificial
- Endoprosthesis
- Endoprostheses
- Prostheses
- Prosthesis
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