Biomechanical properties of PVA hydrogel prosthetic nucleus

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-58

  Wu, Jing Ping ^a   Chen, Tong Yi ^a   Chen, Zhong Wei ^a   Wang, Yi Jin ^b   Li, Ya Gu ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Everblooming Med Technol Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial organ; Biomechanics; Intervertebral disc; Prosthetic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; STIFFNESS;

HYDROGEL PROSTHETIC NUCLEUS; NUCLEOTOMY;

HYDROGELS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEL PROSTHETIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISK NUCLEUS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; NUCLEOTOMY; PROSTHESIS;

EID: 3242685332     PISSN: 16728467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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