Mental and ethical problems during orthopedic implant application / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

Orthopedic implants are widely applied and achieved favorable effects.However,the safety,efficacy and other ethics problems exist because the implants will stay in body for a long period of time.In addition,patients have different extent of functional impairment,and self-care ability reduction even loss when they are admitted to the hospital,so their mental condition needs great attention.This paper summarized and discussed mental and ethical problems between doctors and patients during diagnosis and treatment so as to provide self-control for future treatment.