Fixation of distal femoral osteotomy with an intramedullary rod: Early failure of carbon fibre composite implant in rabbits

Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 715-728

  Kettunen, Jukka ^a   Mäkelä, Antero ^a   Miettinen, Hannu ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^b   Heikkilä, Mika ^c   Törmälä, Pertti ^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)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre; Composite rod; Femoral; Intramedullary fixation; Osteotomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALING; IMPLANTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0344258421     PISSN: 09205063     EISSN: 15685624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856299X00603     Document Type: Article

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