Titanium aneurysm clips: Part I - Mechanical, radiological, and biocompatibility testing

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1158-1164

  Lawton, Michael T ^a   Ho, James C ^b   Bichard, William D ^a   Coons, Stephen W ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm clip; Artifact; Biocompatibility; Cobalt alloy; Mechanical testing; Titanium

Indexed keywords

COBALT; TITANIUM;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM CLIP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FORCE; GLIOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RABBITS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0029955589     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00022     Document Type: Article

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