title: [Application of porous tantalum implant in treatment of bone defect].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the progress in the treatment of bone defect by porous tantalum implant.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recent literature was extensively reviewed and summarized, concerning the treatment method of bone defect by porous tantalum implant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By right of their unique properties, porous tantalum implants have achieved very good results in the treatment of certain types of bone defects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Porous tantalum implants have their own advantages and disadvantages. If the case is meet to its indications, this method can obtain a good effect. Porous tantalum implants provide a new way for the clinical treatment of bone defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Hospital of Hebei United University, Tangshan Hebei, 063000, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016062:Porosity; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013635:Tantalum
chemical_list: D013635:Tantalum