Influence of Test Temperature and Test Speed on the Mechanical Strength of Absorbable Suture Anchors

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-190

  Meyer, Dominik Christoph ^a   Felix, Evelyne ^a   Ruffieux, Kurt ^b   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorbable suture anchor; Failure load; Test speed; Test temperature

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPLANT; POLYMERIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 1242276505     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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