The dynamic volume changes of polymerising polymethyl methacrylate bone cement

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 684-687

  Muller, Scott D ^a   Green, Sarah M ^b   McCaskie, Andrew W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP SURGERY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY;

BONE CEMENTS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM;

EID: 0036909341     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164702321039688     Document Type: Article

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