Corrosion of stainless steel sternal wire after long-term implantation

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Tomizawa, Yasuko ^a   Hanawa, Takao ^b   Kuroda, Daisuke ^c   Nishida, Hiroshi ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Long term implant; Retrieval; Stainless steel; Sternum wire

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHROMIUM; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; CORROSION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BONE WIRES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORROSION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; STERNUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAYS;

EID: 33645846004     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-005-0321-0     Document Type: Article

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