Magnesium Research
MENUMagnesium-based implants: a mini-review Volume 27, issue 4, October-November-December 2014
Authors
Institute of Materials Research, Department for Structural Research on Macromolecules, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Geesthacht, Germany
* Correspondence: Bérengère Luthringer. Institute of Materials Research, Department for Structural Research on Macromolecules, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Geesthacht, Germany
- Key words: biomaterial, clinical applications, implant, magnesium
- DOI : 10.1684/mrh.2015.0375
- Page(s) : 142-54
- Published in: 2014
The goal of this review is to bring to the attention of the readership of Magnesium Research another facet of the importance of magnesium, i.e. magnesium-based biomaterials. A concise history of biomaterials and magnesium are thus presented. In addition, historical and current, clinical magnesium-based applications are presented.