Effect of simulated intraoperative heating and shaping on mechanical properties of a bioabsorbable fracture plate material

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Pietrzak, William S ^a   Sarver, David R ^a   Bianchini, Scott D ^a   D'Alessio, Keith ^b  

^a Biomet Incorporated   (United States)

^b United States Surgical Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

absorbable; copolymer; heating; polyglycolic acid; polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

BONE; COPOLYMERS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; HEATING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLEXURAL MODULUS; INTRAOPERATIVE HEATING; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEATING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MATERIAL STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; HEAT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 0031105456     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199721)38:1<17::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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