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7. Place no restrictions on post implantation function.
8. Perform well in the presence of infection.
9. Resist shrinkage or degradation over time.
10. Make no restrictions on future access.
11. Block transmission of infectious disease.
12. Be inexpensive and sterilizable
13. Be easy to manufacture in the required forms [79]
No currently available prosthesis is perfect or free of problems, and the choice of material
thus requires compromise and been selected by individual surgeon’s preferences.
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