Synopses & Reviews
Although every year 5-10 million Americans have prosthetic devices fitted in their bodies, there are currently few well-accepted standards for their ongoing clinical management. In The Bionic Human: Health Promotion for People With Implanted Prosthetic Devices, a diverse panel of implant experts surveys the state of the art in patient follow-up for the most common prosthetic devices. The devices covered range from breast, penile, vascular, and joint prostheses to cochlear, ossicular, and dental implants, and include cerebrospinal fluid shunts, cardiac valves, stents, and pacemakers. For each device, the authors consider its pros and cons, detail the best current strategies to keep patients with implants healthy, and evaluate the latest and most promising new diagnostic tests. Clinical counterpoints from distinguished authorities at major centers in the United States and Europe are offered throughout. Follow-up recommendations are summarized in a standardized format that allows comparative analysis and lays the foundation for controlled clinical trials and the eventual establishment of evidence-based guidelines. Additional chapters address epidemiological, societal, and policy issues associated with prosthetic use: what should be done to detect and/or prevent problems with implants, to detect such low-frequency events as the development of cancer, and to uncover the disorders to which patients with prostheses might be unusually prone? Finally, what are the costs of follow-up care and how should society allocate resources to care for these patients? Concise and highly practical, The Bionic Human: Health Promotion for People With Implanted Prosthetic Devices offers busy practitioners an integrated survey of best practices for the management of patients with implanted prosthetic devices and an insightful examination of the epidemiological, societal, and policy issues associated with their use.
Synopsis
There are tens of millions of patients with various implanted medical devices in their bodies, and there is very little written about the management of these patients after device implantation. This volume fills this gap by providing an in-depth analysis of practices for managing patients from experts at prestigious medical centers throughout the world. Justification of the practices employed are provided for each with an emphasis on patients who are asymptomatic and have recovered from the implantation procedures. This book presents an authoritative treatment of the topic, making it the definitive current reference work. Truly international in scope, this work provides a worldwide perspective in a one-volume reference for physicians and surgeons for managing their prosthetic device patients.
Synopsis
An integrated survey of best practices for the management of patients with implanted prosthetic devices and an insightful examination of the epidemiological, societal, and policy issues associated with their use. The devices covered range from breast, penile, vascular, and joint prostheses to cochlear, ossicular, and dental implants, and include cerebrospinal fluid shunts, cardiac valves, stents, and pacemakers. For each device, the authors consider its pros and cons, detail the best current strategies to keep implanted patients healthy, and evaluate the latest and most promising new diagnostic tests, Clinical counterpoints from distinguished authorities at major centers in the United States and Europe are offered throughout. Follow-up recommendations are summarized in a standardized format that allows comparative analysis and lays the foundation for controlled clinical trials and the eventual establishment of evidence-based guidelines.
Table of Contents
Overview Frank E. Johnson Assessment of Surveillance Test Performance and Cost Katherine S. Virgo Cost of Follow-Up After Implantation of Prosthetic Devices Katherine S. Virgo Factors That Should Shape Clinical Strategies Frank E. Johnson A View From the US Food and Drug Administration Thomas P. Gross, Celia M. Witten, Casper Uldriks, and William F. Regnault Societal Issues John H. Fielder Databases for Studying the Epidemiology of Implanted Medical Devices Deborah Shatin, Roselie A. Bright, and Brad Astor Tissue Reaction to Prosthetic Materials Nathan Ravi and Hyder Ali Aliyar Prevention of Infection in Prosthetic Devices Ramona E. Simionescu and Donald J. Kennedy European Counterpoint Soumen Ghosh and Riccardo A. Audisio Computer Modeling Ewout W. Steyerberg Breast Prostheses: Current Recommendations for Care of Patients After Implantation of Breast Prostheses Forrest S. Roth, David J. Gray, and Christian E. Paletta US Counterpoint Thomas H. Tung European Counterpoint Catherine M. Darcy and Kevin Hancock Prostheses for Hernia Repair R. Ivan Beretvas US Counterpoint L. Michael Brunt European Counterpoint Avril A. P. Chang and Ara W. Darzi Penile Prostheses John J. Mulcahy US Counterpoint Steven B. Brandes European Counterpoint Christine M. Evans Artificial Urethral Sphincters David J. Rea, John P. Lavelle, and Culley C. Carson, III US Counterpoint Steven B. Brandes European Counterpoint Suzie N. Venn, Constantinos Hajivassiliou, and Tony Mundy Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Edward Rustamzadeh and Cornelius H. Lam US Counterpoint Joshua L. Dowling European Counterpoint Spyros Sgouros Cochlear Implants Adrien A. Eshraghi, John E. King, Annelle V. Hodges, and Thomas J. Balkany US Counterpoint J. Gail Neely European Counterpoint Issam Saliba and Bernard Fraysse Ossicular Implants Adrien A. Eshraghi, Hessam Elfiki, Steven R. Mobley, and Thomas J. Balkany US Counterpoint J. Gail Neely European Counterpoint Goetz Geyer Vascular Prostheses Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, Brian Matteson, John Marek, and Mark Langsfeld US Counterpoint Luis A. Sanchez European Counterpoint S. Rao Vallabhaneni and John A. Brennan Cardiac Valves M. David Arya and Arthur J. Labovitz US Counterpoint Kristine J. Guleserian and Marc R. Moon European Counterpoint Alan J. Bryan and Gianni D. Angelini Intravascular Filters and Stents Lazar J. Greenfield and Mary C. Proctor US Counterpoint David M. Hovsepian European Counterpoint A. E. Healey and Derek A. Gould Vascular Access Devices Christopher N. Compton and John H. Raaf US Counterpoint Eric D. Whitman European Counterpoint Matthias Lorenz, Carsten N. Gutt, and Stefan Heinrich Osseointegrated Dental Implants Steven E. Eckert and Sreenivas Koka US Counterpoint G. E. Ghali and John N. Kent European Counterpoint Anthony J. Summerwill and John I. Cawood Cardiac Pacemakers Preben Bjerregaard and Amr El-Shafei US Counterpoint Marye J. Gleva European Counterpoint Derek T. Connelly Joint Prostheses and Internal Fixation Devices Thomas J. Otto and Coles E. L'Hommedieu US Counterpoint James A. Keeney and John C. Clohisy European Counterpoint Michael P. Manning Index