Static and fatigue properties of two new low-viscosity PMMA bone cements improved by vacuum mixing

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-456

  Fritsch, Ekkehard W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIXING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOXICITY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VISCOSITY;

FOUR POINT BENDING TEST; GENTAMYCIN CONTAINING CEMENT; VACUUM MIXING;

BONE CEMENT;

BONE CEMENT; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG MIXTURE; FATIGUE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMERIZATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VISCOSITY;

BONE CEMENTS; METHYLMETHACRYLATES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VACUUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030221682     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199608)31:4<451::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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