Sterilization by gamma radiation impairs the tensile fatigue life of cortical bone by two orders of magnitude

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1054-1058

  Akkus, Ozan ^a   Belaney, Ryan M ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Cortical bone; Fatigue; Gamma radiation; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; STRESS FRACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FRACTURES, STRESS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; STERILIZATION;

EID: 24344490722     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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