The fixation properties of carbon fiber-reinforced liquid crystalline polymer implant in bone: An experimental study in rabbits

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-143

  Kettunen, Jukka ^a,e   Mäkelä, Antero ^a   Miettinen, Hannu ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^b   Pohjonen, Timo ^c   Suokas, Esa ^c   Rokkanen, Pentti ^d  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Laiduntie 34   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bonding strength; Carbon fiber; Composite materials; Femur; Implant

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI;

MEDULLARY CANALS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CARBON; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOTOMY; POLYMERS; RABBITS;

EID: 0342960446     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(200107)56:1<137::AID-JBM1078>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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