Locking strength of Morse tapers used for modular segmental bone defect replacement prostheses

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-284

  Duda, Georg N ^a   Elias, John J ^a   Valdevit, Antonio ^a   Chao, Edmund Y S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Joint strength; Mechanical testing; Segmental prosthesis; Taper lock

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STANDARD;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 0031303825     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bme-1997-7407     Document Type: Article

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