Does vacuum-mixing improve the fatigue properties of high-viscosity poly(methyl-methacrylate) (PMMA) bone cement? Comparison between two different evacuation methods

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 131-135

  Fritsch, E ^a   Rupp, S ^a   Kaltenkirchen, N ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG STABILITY; METHYLMETHACRYLATE; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0029985664     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434539     Document Type: Article

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